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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chadwick Richardson uses an M-240 machine gun to provide cover in a defense fighting position during training held on Ellsworth Air force Base, S.D. Oct. 22, 2008. Richardson is assigned to the 28th Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adam Grant
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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 3 wash an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt under way in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 24, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Remus Borisov
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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Jefferey Easson rides a wave off of Point Mugu during the first Naval Base Ventura County Surf Contest, Oct. 25, 2008. Easson took first place honors in the military division.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Moriatis
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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. William Allen, center, a medic assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment's 2nd Squadron, gives a medical examination to an ailing Iraqi man in Hammam Al Alill, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| 10/31/2008 |
| An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the "Valions" of Strike Fighter Squadron 15 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt under way in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 25, 2008. .
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Remus Borisov
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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Jeremy Donaldso moves supplies in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis during a replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa
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| U.S. Army Spc. Michael McMiller provides security prior to linking up with an Iraqi army unit at the Saddam Mosque to conduct a joint operation patrol in Al Zarai, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment's 3rd Squadron.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rosita Rodriguez and Worda, age 6, a neighborhood little girl try out a new swing at the grand opening of Dover Park in the Qahira neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. Rodriguez is a civil affairs team chief, Company C, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. The park, refurbished by a Multi-National Division-Baghdad contract and is the first public park in the
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav
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| U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms James Bruno and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Jorge Barajas conduct training with military working dog Ico during controlled aggression training at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Oct. 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Damien Horvath
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| Paratroopers from Headquarters, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborn Division, gather around for their weekly safety brief prior to their morning run at Fort Bragg, N.C. In the spirit of Halloween, several of the "Green Falcon" paratroopers dressed up for the Oct. 31, 2008, morning run.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt
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| U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, right, and U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salute the colors during the playing of the national anthem at the U.S. Central Command Change of Command ceremony on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 31, 2008. Petraeus assumed command of CENTCOM from U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Air Force Staff Sgt Joseph L. Swafford Jr.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents the U.S Central Command flag to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who is assuming command of CENTCOM from Army Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey at a ceremony on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 31, 2008.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Air Force Staff Sgt Joseph L. Swafford Jr.
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| U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglass Sims, right, assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, presents a painting depicting the members of his unit to Sheik Abu Ikhlaas, left, as a parting gift to commemorate the work the sheik and his unit have done together to improve security in Baquabah, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr.
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| 10/31/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Heyman pulls guard on the rooftop of an Iraqi police station while his unit, the 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment's Troop G, conducts a reconnaissance patrol in Hammam Al Alill, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Page, right, and an Estonian Defense Forces member make their way over rubble as a controlled detonation explodes behind them during a clearing operation in Northern Now Zad, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2008. Page is a team leader with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, attached to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu
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| The Blue Angels perform at the 2008 Wings of Freedom Air Show on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 25, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Rockhold prepares to patrol through the town of Hammam Al Alill, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2008. Rockhold is assigned to Troop G, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| U.S. Army Special Forces members disembark from a CV-22 Osprey aircraft during a fast-roping demonstration on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 22, 2008. The simulation provided members of Congress with a realistic view of special operation missions during a tour of the base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sheila DeVera
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| A Royal Air Force gunner kneels next to his machine gun aboard an EH-101 Merlin helicopter on a flight over Basra, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Heyman pulls guard on the rooftop of an Iraqi Police station while conducting a reconnaissance patrol in Hammam Al Alill, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. Heyman is assigned to Troop G, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| U.S. Army Col. Burt Thompson, a brigade commander, shares a laugh during a command transition dinner at the home of Sheik Abu Ikhlaas in Baqubah, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr.
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| U.S. Army Sgt.1st Class Danny J. Hocker is embraced by his family during a welcome home ceremony in Vilseck, Germany, Oct. 23, 2008. Hocker, assigned to 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, is returning to Germany after 15 months of supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Army photo by Spc. Pastora Y. Hall
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| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Massey, right, holds a flashlight while Staff Sgt. Joshua Gill reseals a slide gland on a KC-135 Stratotanker boom at an air base in Southwest Asia, Oct. 27, 2008. Massey and Gill are hydraulic technicians assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Owens reinstalls an M-61A1 20mm Gatling gun in an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 26, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Walter M. Wayman
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| 10/29/2008 |
| Hong Kong Government Flying Service Lt. Vincent Wong, left, and U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Brandon Stuemke, below, practice seaborne hoisting during preparations for the Hong Kong Search and Rescue Exercise known as SAREX 2008 in Hong Kong, Oct. 22, 2008. Stuemke is assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadro. SAREX 2008 is an annual exercise involving units from the U.S., Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael B. Watkins
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Holley, right, inspects his aircraft's cockpit after a two-hour sortie during exercise Red Flag on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 24, 2008. Holley is an F-15E Eagle aircraft crew chief assigned to the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| Flight deck and squadron personnel participate in a search for foreign object debris, known as FOD, on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, under way in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 25, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa
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| During a routine security patrol in the town of Rutbah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2008, U.S. Marine Cpl. Joseph Shutta, gives stuffed animals to children outside their home.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg
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| U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Al Peck and Col. Tyrone M. "Woody" Woodyard greet U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, upon his arrival on Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 28, 2008. Peck is commander, Air University, and Woodyard is vice commander, 42nd Air Base Wing. Mullen is visiting the base to speak to students assigned to the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College.
DoD 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, addresses students assigned to the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 28, 2008.
DoD 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, greets students assigned to the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 28, 2008. Mullen addressed the students and answered questions during his visit.
DoD photo by U.S Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| U.S. Navy sailors man a repair locker to fight a "class bravo" fire during a firefighting scenario aboard the USS Blue Ridge, in Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 28, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
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| An Iraqi policeman assigned to the 6th Emergency Battalion Headquarters in Basra, Iraq, gestures as he explains his security layout to U.S. Army 1st Lt. James Webb, Oct. 26, 2008. Webb is a platoon leader assigned to the 18th Military Police Brigade's 21st Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, and is part of a team that mentors and trains Iraqi police forces.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Blottenberger
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Moreno of the 554th Military Police Company puts Brando, a 7-year old German shepherd, through the paces at an obstacle course for military working dogs at U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany.
U.S. Army photo by Brandon Beach
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| The guided missile destroyer USS Stout fires a 5-Inch/54-caliber lightweight gun during an exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 16, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Zachary Martin
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| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell answers questions from reporters during a press briefing held at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess.
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| 10/29/2008 |
| U.S. airmen wait to document paratroopers when they conduct a night airdrop in Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008, in support of a an Army-Air Force joint forcible entry exercise.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV
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| The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 24, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| U.S. Navy Seaman Zane Hratgraves shows Sheine Bandosano, a 6th grade Marcos Elementary School student how a stethoscope works by letting her listen to her heart beat, Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, Oct. 20, 2008. The Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors visited the elementary school to share quality time with the students and donate school supplies and sports equipment. Hratgraves is a corpsman assigned to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squad
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabrera
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| U.S. Army Cpl. Jordan Shaw teaches Iraqi army soldiers how to operate equipment used to collect biometric and personal data during registration day to join the Sons of Iraq, a citizen security group, Diwaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 25, 2008. Shaw is assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment's 2nd Infantry Brigade.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Harris
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Wotczak, center, high-crawls to cover during a bounding drill as part of Joint Services Training Operations 10 on Camp Attebury, Ind., Oct. 18, 2008. JSTO-10 is participating in a month-long training cycle with the U.S. Army preparing for deployment with Naval Special Warfare Command supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Keith Jones
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sword monitors the progress of the exercise as soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, provide fire support for a another NP platoon during a situational training exercise at Joint Security Station Beladiyat, Iraq, Oct 15, 2008. Sword is a platoon sergeant, with 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Katrina Faulkner-Brown
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| U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Thomas takes time out to play a friendly game of thumb wrestling with an Iraqi boy during a patrol in the New Baghdad Security District of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. Thomas is commander of the 66th Armored Regiment's Company A, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Todd
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Joan A. Ferreira leads a group of Marines on patrol through a construction site near the Port of Trebil, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2008. Ferreira is a New York City police officer and individual ready reservist serving as a team leader with Task Force Military Police, Multinational Force West.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Parker performs a pre-combat check on his vehicle prior to going out on a mission at Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2008. Parker is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Georges Aboumrad
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| The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon steams alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer 4 during an underway replenishment, Pacific Ocean, Oct. 15, 2008. The USS Boxer crew is on a training deployment in the Pacific Ocean preparing for a deployment scheduled for early next year.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen
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| U.S. Army Maj. Tony Vacha reviews photos and documents with a local Iraqi man as he assesses progress on the repair of a bridge that was hit by an enemy vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, Nimrud, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2008. Vacha is assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment's Civil Affairs Team 6, Company C, 415th Civil Affairs, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Johnny Powell retrieves a safety pin from the wing weapons pylon of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on a hot cargo pad at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2008. Safety pins prevent unintentional deployment of munitions once the aircraft has landed. Powell, a weapons load crew member assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley/
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| A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon sits in pre-contact position Oct. 16, 2008, behind a KC-135 Stratotanker during Red Flag-Alaska 09-1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Both F-16s are assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska. The KC-135 is assigned to the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Prim gives the thumbs up sign as Lt. Douglas Steil gives the signal to launch, or "shoot," an EA-6B Prowler off of a catapult on the USS Ronald Reagan, under way in the Indian Ocean, Oct. 21, 2008. Prim is training Steil to be a "shooter," the nickname given to those who signal aircraft launches.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division run through pre-jump mock door training and landings before boarding C-17 Globemaster III's and C-130 Hercules in preparation for or a night airdrop on a Fort Bragg, N.C., drop zone, Oct. 21, 2008. The airdrop is part of an integrated joint Army and Air Force training operation known as Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| An Iraqi boy greets U.S. Army soldiers as they travel through the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, stopping at various shops, Oct. 15, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Command Security Detachment, 3rd Battalion Combat Team, working to provide local shop owners with micro-grants to improve their businesses.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ken Badertscher, an F-15E Eagle aircraft crew chief assigned to the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., inspects his aircraft for loose fasteners after a two-hour sortie during exercise Red Flag on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 24, 2008. Red Flag is a multinational exercise providing a realistic environment to practice combat scenarios.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
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| A spectator holds a program and a U.S. Navy flag during the Park Semper Fi Marine Monument re-dedication ceremony in San Clemente, Calif., Oct. 25, 2008. The ceremony honored Medal of Honor recipients Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, Cpl. Jason Dunham and Lt. Michael Murphy with memorial plaques.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco
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| About 250 local village elders attended a tribal conference, known as a jirga, at the Tagab District Center, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2008, that was initiated by the Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Teams, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and area government officials to foster discussion about area problems and solutions.
U.S. Army photo by Lory Stevens
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| U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Brian Dumm, normally stationed at Molesworth Air Force Base, England, finishes fifth overall in the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 26 with a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes, 58 seconds. Dumm was first across the finish line for the All-Air Force team and the second men's finisher in the Armed Forces Marathon Championships. His brother, Andrew Dumm, won the open men's division in 2:22:42.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the topic of the U.S. nuclear policy in Washington D.C., Oct. 28, 2008.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kenneth Foster and Jose Miranda of Mexico receive water support from Marines during the 33rd running of the Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 26, 2008. Foster set the pace for a lead pack of five runners through 11 miles before fading to a 10th-place finish with a time of 2 hours, 59 minutes, 29 seconds. Miranda finished sixth in 2:26:48. Andrew Dumm, 23, of Washington, won the 26.2-mile race with a time of 2:22:42 in his first marathon.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| The sun shines through early morning mist on U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kenneth Foster, wearing bib number 113, as he paces the lead pack down M Street in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., during the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 26, 2008. Eventual race winner Andrew Dumm (156) of Washington runs on Foster's shoulder and is flanked by second-place finisher Fred Joslyn (5) of Rochester, Mich., and sixth-place finisher Jose Miranda (76) of Mexico.
U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps
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| U.S. Army soldiers search for weapons caches on patrol during an air assault mission, Operation Deadbluff, on the banks of the Tigris River, Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| U.S. Army Pvt. Jason Ramirez arranges and inspects rigging before packing a parachute that will be used by paratroopers participating in a joint Army and Air Force forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Sgt. William Greer
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| U.S. Marines load into a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter for a fast-rope training exercise onto the flight deck of the USS Peleliu in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 21, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Kelling
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| U.S. Army paratroopers clear debris from used parachutes before hanging them at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. The parachutes will be used for a joint Army and Air Force forcible entry exercise.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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| The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Indian navy's western fleet fall into formation behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a passing exercise in the Indian Ocean Oct. 22, 2008. The passing exercise included vessels assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and India's western fleet, sailing in a single-file formation as the two groups received honors from INS Mumbi 62, the Indian flag ship.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gary Prill
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| U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brian Lee and Australian Army Maj. David Bergman, standing on the ladder, watch the progress of a controlled burn on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2008.
The brush is being burned so that the area can be de-mined and to prevent creek flooding that can affect the airfield and nearby villages.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class C. Joel Peavy
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| U.S. Army soldiers visit Father Abu'na Francis Lalu at St. Behnam's Monastery in Nimrud, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2008, as part of an assessment of the conditions for Christians in the area. The soldiers are assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment's Civil Affairs Team 6, Company C, 415th Civil Affairs, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Derek Detherow hands a food parcel to a man in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2008, as part of a local food distribution. Each parcel contained 1 liter of water, a can of meat, a bag of beans, a bag of rice, a package of tea, two packages of pasta, a can of peas and a can of tomatoes.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav
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| A U.S. Navy chief petty officer stands with sailors at parade rest during a change of command ceremony for the USS Port Royal at the USS Nevada Memorial on Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Oct. 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric J. Cutright
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| An aircraft director signals to an HH-60H Sea Hawk assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14 aboard the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 23, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Anthony R. Martinez
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| U.S. Navy Recruit Randle Tiltson mans the Navy Jack during the commissioning ceremony for the USS New Hampshire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, Oct. 25, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy Lambert
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| U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Savage throws a football through the center of a tire to win a T-shirt during the 6th Annual Combat Center Challenge on Victory Field, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 17, 2008. Savage is assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 1 Tank Battalion.
U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. Nicole A. LaVine
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| Crewmen of the Ecuadorian Navy's tall ship ES Guayas stand on the ship's masts as a show of respect as the vessel makes it way past the USS Arizona Memorial and into Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Oct. 16, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron
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| 10/27/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Vaiza directs an aircraft to stop during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 16, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Quincy Lendo, center, and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Blunck, right, along with other servicemembers, observe a burning field on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2008. Both soldiers are members of the Illinois National Guard, assigned to the Explosive Hazardous Coordination Cell at Bagram. The field was burned to allow de-mining operations to begin in the area and to clean out a creek vital to two local villages.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class C. Joel Peavy
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| 10/26/2008 |
| An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the 'Stingers' of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan flies to an Operation Enduring Freedom mission in Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2008. The Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing 14 provide support to coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| 10/26/2008 |
| The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and two ships from the Indian navy sail in formation during a passing exercise in the Indian Ocean, Oct. 22, 2008. The formation took place at the end of Exercise Malabar 08, which was designed to increase cooperation between the Indian and U.S. navies and enhance the cooperative security relationship between India and the U.S.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Spike Call
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| 10/26/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy sailor rappels from an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington during training in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 23, 2008. The sailor is assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment 5, and the helicopter and its crew are part of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brendan Morgan
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Josh Miller prepares an American flag for his flight in an AH-64D Apache Longbow, over Camp Basra, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2008. Miller is a pilot assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Karah Cohen
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. George Swain conducts a patrol near a Christian shrine in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2008. Swain and fellow soldiers of the 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment's 3rd Squadron were assessing the situation of Christians living in the area.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Dwyer passes out soccer playing cards to Iraqi children while conducting a patrol in a market in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2008. Dwyer is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team Command Security Detachment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division conduct pre-jump parachute landing fall training during a joint forcible entry exercise on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008. The exercise provides soldiers with training for contingency operations.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Parker, left, and Daniel Scherer battle a ground fire during mobile aircraft firefighting training on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 21, 2008. Parker and Scheder are firefighters assigned to the 835th Civil Engineer Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb
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| 10/26/2008 |
| A U.S. servicemember assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa negotiates a rope obstacle during a 21-day commando course led by members of the French Foreign Legion in Arta Beach, Djibouti, Oct. 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| 10/26/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kelley Martin, left, uses the flashlight on his M-4 rifle, while he and an Iraqi soldier inspect the shadows for anything suspicious during a patrol in Diwaniya, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. Martin is a tank commander, assigned to 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs
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| 10/24/2008 |
| The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge visits the Netherlands Antilles for the humanitarian service project, Continuing Promise 08, Willemstad, Netherlands, Antiles, Oct. 21, 2008. Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean phase of the exercise, an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik C. Barker
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| 10/24/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, left, and Dr. Ward Casscells, right, assistant secretary of defense Health Affairs, present the award for the best community drug awareness program in the National Guard Bureau to the Montgomery, Alabama National Guard Counterdrug Program and the Drug Demand Reduction program during the 18th Annual Secretary of Defense Drug Awareness Award ceremony at the Pentagon, Oct. 24, 2008.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 10/24/2008 |
| A newly wrapped trailer with an American flag design and the Louisiana National Guard logo parks at the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office on Camp Beauregard, La., before making its first public appearance in response to hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Oct. 24, 2008.
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| 10/24/2008 |
| Young Marine Lance Cpl. Jhane Price salutes after giving a speech titiled, "Why I'm Drug Free" during the 18th Annual Secretary of Defense Drug Awareness Award ceremony at the Pentagon, Oct. 24, 2008.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 10/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Capt. Errol Davis, left, and Capt. Adam Hoffmann discuss the progress of a on-going patrol they are conducting in the city of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2008. Davis is assigned to Battery A 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment and Hoffmann is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. They are conducting the patrol to show a strong presence in the local community.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell
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| 10/24/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands and helps up an 82nd Airborne paratrooper after taking a photo with him on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/24/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. John Farrar, of B Company, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, scans his surroundings as he provides security during a training scenario at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 9, 2008. Farrar, and the soldiers from his unit, are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost. The team is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in the end of October where it will will work with the U.S. State Department as it oversees reconstruction efforts in Khost Province, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Meghan Halisky, with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, checks a 7-year-old girl's heart beat in San Jose, Philippines, during a medical and dental civil action project in support of Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise, 2009, Oct. 21, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Margrette Hassler
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| 10/23/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents Army Sgt. Michael Santos, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., with a certificate of U.S. citizenship during a naturalization ceremony Oct. 23, 2008, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Nearly 40 servicemembers representing the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines became U.S. citizens during the ceremony.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tony Hawkins
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| 10/23/2008 |
| Pre-commissioning unit New Hampshire is shown pierside Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, N.H., Oct. 21, 2008. The submarine is preparing for her commissioning ceremony slated for Oct. 25, 2008. New Hampshire is the fifth Virginia-class submarine to be commissioned. The vessels were the first major Navy combatant vessels designed with post-Cold War security in mind.
U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy Lambert
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers get ready to board an aircraft during a joint forcible entry exercise on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 21, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. The exercise provides U.S. soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division with training on real-world contingency operations.
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force pararescuemen climb a ladder to a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after completing kangaroo duck Zodiac raft deployment training over Gator Lakes on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron. Kangaroo duck is the term used for dropping a fully inflated water craft from the underside of a helicopter.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
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| 10/23/2008 |
| The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstrate their extreme air maneuvers at the 2008 Airpower Arkansas Air Show on Little Rock Air Force Base, Oct. 17, 2008. Little Rock Air Force Base hosted an air show and open house featuring aerial events and attractions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Ensign Brian Mack takes an azimuth reading with a lensatic compass during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Skills School training exercise, Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 10, 2008. The school is designed to build basic-level battlefield competence for sailors from the newly formed Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Roger S. Duncan
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| 10/23/2008 |
| Navy Seaman Ricardo Barrow practices his land navigation skills during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Skills School training exercise, Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 9, 2008. The school is designed to build basic-level battlefield competence for sailors from the newly formed Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Roger S. Duncan
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Army and Iraqi soldiers talk with a local resident, while Nemo, a U.S. military working dog, waits for further direction during a routine Cordon and Knock in the city of Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith
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| 10/23/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with soldiers from the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008. The group is the U.S. Army's only active-duty psychological operations unit. Its main task is providing PSYOPS support to Army Special Operations Forces.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tony Hawkins
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| 10/23/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrives at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during a recent trip to Fort Bragg while receiving a special forces capabilities demonstration, Oct. 23, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/22/2008 |
| Lithuanian honor guard sailors salute U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a ceremony welcoming Mullen to Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct. 22, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day, four-country trip to meet defense counterparts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lt. Gen. Valdas Tutkus, chief of defense, Republic of Lithuania, salute during the playing of national anthems for their countries at a ceremony welcoming Mullen to Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct. 22, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day, four-country trip to meet defense counterparts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/22/2008 |
| Afghan children show their delight at the opening of a new wing at the Tajwar Sultana Girls School in Kabul, Afghanistan, during a celebration beginning Oct. 18, 2008. Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, based on Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan, has been investing U.S. funds in Afghan school projects to support the Afghan government and its people.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Robert Romano
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Miller uses a speed handle to replace screws on a panel as U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesus Andrade, left, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Yacsavilca watch on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Indian Ocean, Oct. 21, 2008. Miller, Andrade and Yacsavilca are all assigned to the “Fist of the Fleet” of Strike Fighter Squadron 25.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Milton Johnson crawls on his back beneath barbed wire on the conditioning course during the Marchon Challenge, a battalion-wide competition on Camp Atterbury, Ind., Oct. 18-19, 2008. Johnson, a trainer assigned to 2nd Training Support Battalion, 338th Transportation Regiment, 205th Infantry Brigade, 1st Army East, also is a member of the Indiana National Guard.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby
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| 10/22/2008 |
| An elderly Iraqi man explains his community’s situation to U.S. Army soldiers in the city of Abu T-Shir, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment and are helping the local community take back control of their streets.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom
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| 10/22/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates presents Umit A. Spencer the David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award at the Pentagon, Oct. 21, 2008. Spencer, housing maintenance contract monitor with the 354th Civil Engineering Squadron on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, was honored for improving and maintaining 1,474 military family housing units, 48 playgrounds and five athletic courts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/22/2008 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell answers questions from reporters during a press briefing in the Pentagon, Oct. 22, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. Marines unload a light armored vehicle from the back of an land craft, air-cushioned hovercraft., Camp Patriot, Kuwait., Oct. 12, 2008. The Marines use the vehicle as part of a combat arms system to provide anything from troop transportation to combat support.
U.S, Army photo by Pfc. Alicia Torbush
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| U.S. Army soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol along a market street in Abu T'Shir, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. During the patrol, the Soldiers spoke with business owners to ensure they had enough funding.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Ensign Jason Lovell searches for a book in the ship's library aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Gulf of Oman, Oct. 18, 2008. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are under way on a regularly scheduled deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Suits
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| A landing craft air cushion conducts operations from the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Middle East, Oct. 18, 2008. The USS Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
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| 10/22/2008 |
| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers dismount a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault near Amarah, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers move out on foot during an air assault as part of Operation Stockton II near Amarah, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Griffin stands at his post during a patrol along Market Street in the city of Abu T-Shir, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2008. The soldiers, assigned to 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, are helping the local community take control of their streets.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom
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| 10/22/2008 |
| As seen through a night-viewing device, a U.S. Army ‘gun team’ fires a 105mm howitzer during Operation Balls Jackson I, Ad Dujayl, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008. The artillery soldiers, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, fired an artillery barrage to deny enemy extraction routes for an air assault operation 10 kilometers away.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Dohen
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| 10/22/2008 |
| A security forces member assigned to the 586th Air Expeditionary Group plays with Iraqi children on Camp Bucca, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008, while they wait for transport to the detainee visitation center. The expeditionary group provides security and transport to the center for nearly 400 visitors who visit daily with detainees at the theater internment facility.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore
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| 10/21/2008 |
| Brittany Hill welcomes home Navy Seaman John McCombs during a homecoming ceremony for the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill at Earl Industries Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 18, 2008. The USS Oak Hill returned after completing a seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mandy Hunsucker
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| 10/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau man the rails for Nassau's arrival in New York City, Oct. 11, 2008. Nassau is in New York as part of the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Arrington
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| 10/21/2008 |
| Two F-16 Aggressors fly in formation beside a KC-135 Stratotanker awaiting to be aerial refueled during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 16, 2008.
During the exercise, the 18th Aggressor Squadron acts as the opposing force employing enemy tactics while engaging in aerial combat over the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex. The F-16s are assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron on Eielson.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Parker McElroy refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 16, 2008. McElroy, assigned to the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, is the boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker and controls the flow of the fuel to the fighters.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Willard E. Grande II
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| 10/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Cedric Covington, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, helps soldiers register to vote at the dining facility on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, in Iraq, Oct. 17, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michel Sauret
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| A U.S Army soldier takes up a fighting position during an air-assault mission on the banks of the Tigris River, Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldiers is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. soldiers conducted Operation Deadbluff along with Iraqi army soldiers to reduce the number of enemy weapons caches in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| A F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 16, 2008. The F-16 is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea. The PARC provides 67,000 square miles of airspace, one conventional bombing range and two tactical bombing ranges containing more than 400 different types of targets and more than 30 threat simulators, both manned and unmanned.
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| 10/21/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kelley Martin (left), and an Iraqi police walk through a date palm grove during a patrol in Diwaniya, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. Martin is a tank commander, assigned to Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs
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| 10/21/2008 |
| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Latvian Chief of Defense Brig. Gen. Juris Maklakovs review Latvian troops during a ceremony welcoming Mullen to Riga, Latvia, Oct. 21, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day, four-country trip for meetings with counterparts from the region.
DoD 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 and Latvian Chief of Defense Brig. Gen. Juris Maklakovs receive wreaths for laying at the Kalpaks Memorial, Riga, Latvia, Oct. 21, 2008. The memorial is named in honor of Oskars Kalpaks, the first commander in chief of Latvian Armed Forces who was awarded Latvia's highest military honor. Mullen is on a three-day, four-country trip for meetings with counterparts from the region.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/21/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets members of the Latvian military after reviewing Latvian troops during a ceremony welcoming Mullen to Riga, Latvia, Oct. 21, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Michael Rhodes, acting director of administration and management of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, give honors during the playing of the national anthem before they presented recipients with the department's David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award and the Distinguished Civilian Service Award at the Pentagon, Oct. 21, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/21/2008 |
| A U.S. soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa swings over an obstacle during a 21-day commando course led by members of the 13th Demi-Brigade, French Foreign Legion, in Arta Beach, Djibouti, Oct. 18, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| U.S. Army Master Sgt. Ralph Chisolm transits an obstacle course in Arta Beach, Djibouti, Oct. 18, 2008. Chisolm is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. More than a dozen servicemembers assigned to CJTF-HOA participated in an annual three-week course hosted by members of the 13th Demi-Brigade, French Foreign Legion.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John R. Johnson
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Pete Salvaggio launches an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Death Rattlers" of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron 323 from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 17, 2008. USS Stennis is conducting a training exercise off the coast of Southern California.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliott Fabrizio
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, hosts an honor cordon and arrival ceremony for Italian Minister of Defense Ignazio LaRussa at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, meets with Italian Minister of Defense Ignazio LaRussa at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008.
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Italian Minister of Defense Ignazio La Russa sign the Reciprocal Defense Procurement Memorandum of Understanding during a ceremony in the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brian Roarke (center), shows Sgt. Dante Sevieri (right), a squad leader, and Staff Sgt. Jaime Benevides, platoon sergeant, both with Provisional Rifle Platoon 3, Regimental Combat Team 5, where there are people who have supported insurgents in the past, while on a patrol in Rawah, Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008. Marines with Provisional Rifle Platoon 3 assumed control of two traffic control points from 1st Platoon, Fox Company.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Trent Lowry
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| An F/A-18 Hornet sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at dusk in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 17, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John M. Hageman
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| 10/20/2008 |
| An F/A-18 Hornet waits to launch from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Oct.17, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John M. Hageman
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Uebelhoer speaks with a Dominican woman about her ailments at a sports complex in Sabana Grande, Oct. 15, 2008. USS Kearsarge is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of the humanitarian assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008, an equal-partnership mission involving the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, France, Nicaragua, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Navy sailors carry a mikoshi through the streets during the 32nd Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade in Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 19, 2008. More the 80 sailors volunteered to carry the heavy mikoshi, a portable wooden Shinto shrine, to experience Japanese culture during the festival.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kari R. Bergman
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marines embark aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall, Persian Gulf, Oct. 18, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The USS Carter Hall is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Flordeliz Valerio
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Dan Clark patrols with fellow Marines along a fence line during combined pre-deployment training at 2nd Marine Logistics Group's Battle Skills Training School, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 15, 2008. Clark is a field military policeman from MP Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marines Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks during the Wounded Warrior Summit at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008. Gates promised continued Defense Department commitment to wounded warrior care.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates listens to a military spouse during the Wounded Warrior Summit at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008. Gates promised continued Defense Department commitment to wounded warrior care.
DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Retired Marine Gen. P.X. Kelley, who served as 28th commandant of the Marine Corps, recalls his experiences of the Oct. 23, 1983, terrorist attacks on a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, during the White House Commission on Remembrance’s 25th annual tribute to those killed during the attack. The tribute took place at Arlington National Cemetery, Oct. 19, 2008.
DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Deborah Peterson places flowers at the grave of her brother, Marine Cpl. James Chandonnet Knipple, Oct. 19, 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery. Peterson, her two sisters, and a handful of other family members gathered for the White House Commission on Remembrance’s 25th annual tribute to the 241 Americans, mostly Marines, killed in the Oct. 23, 1983, terrorist attacks on a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Zdravko Ponos, Serbian chief of defense, review Serbian troops during a ceremony welcoming Mullen to Belgrade, Serbia, Oct. 20, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the region to visit defense counterparts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Zdravko Ponos, Serbian chief of defense, answer questions during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Oct. 20, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the region to visit defense counterparts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted by Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac in Belgrade, Serbia, Oct. 20, 2008. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the region to visit defense counterparts.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers supervise while an Iraqi Army T-72 tank pulls security during an early morning training exercise on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Marks spends a little time with his Military Working Dog "Dasty" before an outdoor concert in downtown Baquobah, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. Marks and Dasty are part of the security team for the 1st Armored Division Band performing the History of American Music for the local Iraqis.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr.
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Pfc. Mitchell Evans talks with students at a boys preparatory school just outside Forward Operating Base Loyalty in Beladiyat, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion,4th Brigade Combat Team,10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England makes remarks during the command activation ceremony for Defense Media Activity at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/20/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Greer plays the keyboard at an outdoor concert to introduce Iraqis to the history of American music in downtown Baquobah, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. Greer is assigned to the 1st Armored Division.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr.
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Robert Hastings speaks during the command activation ceremony for Defense Media Activity at the Pentagon, Oct. 20, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/19/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Henreschke maintains security on the main gate of a residential compound in Rawah, Iraq, as Marine Corps leaders meet with a neighbor of Traffic Control Point 3, Oct. 10, 2008. Henreschke is assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. M. Trent Lowry
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| 10/19/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force aircrew on board an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter rescues one of two simulated downed pilots during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 8, 2008. Airmen assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, 18th Wing, based on Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec
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| 10/19/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Martin Post, deputy commanding general of Multinational Force West, and members of his staff, walk up an abandoned Iraqi airfield bunker serving as an operations center for Marine Air Control Squadron 2, 3rd Marine Air Wing, on Combat Outpost Mudaysis in Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Seth Maggard
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| 10/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Seaman Khanhduy Ngo installs a tail rotor blade on an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Oct. 13, 2008. Ngo is an aviation machinist's mate assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is training in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher S. Harte
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| 10/19/2008 |
| Firefighters from Camp Pendleton’s Fire and Emergency Services set a brush fire to combat wildfires on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 8, 2008. Wildfires ravaged nearly 6,000 acres on the installation, requiring more than 670 firefighters on the ground and in the air to contain the flames.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Daniel Boothe
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| 10/19/2008 |
| A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet flies over the desert of southern Afghanistan providing support to coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2008. The aircraft and its pilot are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113, from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing 14.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| 10/19/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Lt. Lena Whitehead makes a radio logbook entry while standing junior officer of the watch on the bridge of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 11, 2008. Stennis is conducting pre-deployment exercises off the coast of southern California.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa
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| 10/19/2008 |
| A landing craft utility assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 maneuvers toward the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall near Kuwait, Oct. 12, 2008. Carter Hall is supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katrina Parker
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| 10/19/2008 |
| An U.S. Army soldier pulls security near a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission onto the banks of the Tigris River in Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. “The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| 10/17/2008 |
| A firefighter from Pendleton’s Fire and Emergency Services digs a trench around charred fields to prevent further damage, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 8, 2008. More than 670 firefighters on the ground and in the air from across San Diego County worked to extinguish fires on the Marine Corps Base.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Daniel T. Boothe
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the inaugural Dean Acheson lecture, hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2008. The U.S. Institute of Peace, established by Congress in 1984, is an independent nonpartisan institution whose goal is to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an award of appreciation from J. Robinson West, right, chairman of PFC Energy, and Richard Solomon, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, during the inaugural Dean Acheson Lecture in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2008.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 10/17/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Lee Sang-Hee through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, Oct. 17, 2008. The leaders will discuss bilateral defense issues.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/17/2008 |
| U.S. Army Spc. Travis Grimes and other U.S. and Iraqi soldiers walk along Route Illinois to one of their mission objectives in Muhalla 454 of Shula, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2008. Grimes and other soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and the Iraqi soldier is a member of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Iraqi Army Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks with Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea His Excellency Lee Sang-Hee during a meeting at the Pentagon where they discussed bi-lateral defense issues, Oct. 17, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense His Excellency Lee Sang-Hee sign The War Time Reserve Stockpile for Allies-Korea Transfer Memorandum of Agreement after a meeting at the Pentagon, Oct. 17, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense His Excellency Lee Sang-Hee answer questions from reporters during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Oct. 17, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Luxembourg Minister of Defense Jean-Louis Schilz at the Pentagon, October 17, 2008.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates swears in Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., Friday Oct. 17, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/17/2008 |
| New Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley gives his remarks at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. after being sworn in by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Oct. 17, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/16/2008 |
| A U.S Army soldier pulls security near a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission on the banks of the Tigris River, Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Landing Craft Utility 1654 embarks upon the amphibious dock landing ship the USS Carter Hall while under way in the Persian Gulf Oct. 12, 2008. The USS Carter Hall is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Flordeliz Valerio
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Flame spouts from an M-41 SABER missile launcher as Marines fire a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-command linked, guided missile, TOW, on Fort Pickett, Va., Oct. 5, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat the cold preventing frostbite and hypothermia during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Feeman is enacting the role of a pilot shot down behind enemy lines. To complete the training he must must survive, evade, resist and escape to successfully complete the training mission. Feeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder
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| Wildfires threaten the San Luis Rey gate at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 13, 2008. The fire has consumed about 4,000 acres and caused the evacuation of nearly 2,000 military personnel and their families.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher A Green
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| 10/16/2008 |
| A T-6A Texan II flies over Moton Field during the grand opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 11, 2008. Moton Field in the 1940s was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, these pilots are known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, left, announces a portion of the I-85 interstate as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway as part of the National Park Services ceremony dedicating Moton Field - the Tuskegee Airmen's original training grounds - a national historic site,Tuskegee Ala., Oct. 10, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey
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| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Willie "BBO" Billingslea, commanding officer of the "Warbucks" from Training Squadron 4, places a flight helmet on a female 8th-grade student from Tuskegee Middle School after speaking to hundreds of students on the importance of goal setting and his experiences as a naval aviator, Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 9, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell answers a question on the Status of Forces Agreement for U.S. forces in Iraq at the Pentagon, Oct. 16, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/16/2008 |
| A young Dominican boy peers though a window at Bayaguana Sports Complex as crew members embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge provide medical and dental aid to local citizens supporting Continuing Promise 2008, Bayaguana, Domincan Republic, Oct. 15, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Ernest Scott
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| 10/16/2008 |
| A Super Scooper firefighting aircraft dumps water in an effort to aid in extinguishing fires aboard Camp Pendleton as they threaten the 1st Marine Division Headquarters building, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 13, 2008.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Salina N. Wilkins
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright speaks during the Johns Hopkins University Legends and Leaders forum in Baltimore, Oct. 16, 2008. Cartwright spoke to a group of about 100 business professionals, teachers and students from the university.
DoD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Sharon Vigue, a preventive medical technician embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, gives elementary school children medicine during a preventive medicine health initiative in Sabana Grande de Boya, Dominican Republic, Oct. 13, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Emmitt J. Hawks
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Jacobsen shines a light into the wing of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft assigned to Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 during a foreign object damage search in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan while under way in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee
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| 10/16/2008 |
| Friends and family wait to greet U.S. sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as the ship arrives in its homeport of Everett, Wash., Oct. 12, 2008, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. sailors assigned to Beachmaster Unit 2 maneuver a lighter amphibious resupply cargo vessel during operations with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall while in port in Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, Oct. 12, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katrina Parker
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. servicemembers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Oct. 14, 2008, to depart on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Middle East.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Brandenburg
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Irvin Toussaint carries an unearthed mortar round during a weapons cache search in the rural region of Zoba, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. Toussaint is assigned to the 27th Infantry Regiment's Company C, 1st Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| Sinda, a 10-year-old bomb-sniffing dog, sits with his handler, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Travis Hazelton, as they wait for word to load up into vehicles to support a cordon and "soft knock' in a neighborhood in Muhallah 904, Wehda, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008. The mission was conducted by U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| 10/16/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Roszario Williams greets an Iraqi child while on patrol and clearing the Owja Desert of Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008. Williams is a videographer assigned to the 55th Signal Company Combat Camera. The soldiers conducting the patrol are assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 327th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| U.S. Navy Capt. John Aquilino, outgoing commander of Carrier Air Wing 2, banks an F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter over the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, turning the lead of the formation over to incoming commander Capt. Alton Ross, during CVW 2 aerial change of command ceremony over the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Lincoln and CVW 2 are returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| U.S. Marine Cpl. Zachary A. Lira spots for his shooter on a range on Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2008. Lira is assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5. Spotters provide the shooter with range estimation, target identification and wind calls.
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| A baby falls asleep in her father's arms during the homecoming ceremonies for the guided-missile frigate USS McInerney, which returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., after a six-month deployment, Oct. 5, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles
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| 10/15/2008 |
| As seen through a night-viewing device, a Sea Dragon helicopter conducts flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 7, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen
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| 10/15/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers run to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during extraction from Operation Marathon in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
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| A U.S. soldier aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over the banks of the Tigris River during an air-assault mission in Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers conducted Operation Deadbluff to reduce the number of enemy weapons caches in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka
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| 10/15/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Alhers performs his morning routine on an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 14, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gary Prill
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| U.S. Navy Command Master Chief James Heiland prepares to board a Marine CH-53 helicopter during a visit to a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 worksite in western Iraq, Oct. 6, 2008. Heiland is a Seabee assigned to the battalion. These Seabees, also known as the 'Skibees," have been constructing a medical facility and huts in Iraq.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth W. Robinson
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Herrera watches as Iraqi National Police engage local citizens during phase one of Operation Patriot Enforcement, a cordon and soft knock of a neighborhood in Muhallah 902, Wehda, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Apache Troop, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| U.S. Army soldiers and Marines practice sling-loading at an airstrip outside Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Oct. 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment; the Marines to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464. Both are assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
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| U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ian Stone looks through binoculars during a Creek Defender course on Sembach Annex, Germany, Oct. 10, 2008. Stone is assigned to the 569th Security Forces Squadron, Vogelweh Air Station, Germany. The course covers tactical training methods to prepare security forces airmen for deployment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| After meeting with their Iraqi counterparts, U.S. Army soldiers dine at the 9th Iraqi Army Division headquarters in al-Rashid, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. David J. Marshall
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Janes works as a break rider in the cockpit of an F/A- 18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 as it is moved onto elevator two of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Oct. 13, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan has four aircraft elevators, which are used to carry aircraft and equipment from the hangar bay to the flight deck. Reagan is currently deployed to the 5th Fleet/NAVCENT area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy
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| Macedonian soldiers assigned to the International Security Assistance Force patrol around Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2008. The international force is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority across the country to create conditions for stabilization and reconstruction.
U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. John Scott Rafoss
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| A U.S. Army soldier provides security while leaders from his unit tour the campus of the Abu Ghraib Agricultural College to determine if coalition forces need to help fund reconstruction projects, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Marines and Navy sailors participate in a clearing exercise in the urban terrain facility on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 2, 2008. The Marines and sailors are assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary J. Nola
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| Several F/A-18 Hornets from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan await refueling with a British Royal Air Force L-1011 tanker aircraft in southern Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2008. The Hornets provide support to coalition forces on the ground.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| A color guard from Navy Operation Support Center Bronx leads the 64th Annual Columbus Day Parade up New York City's 5th Avenue, Oct. 13, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix
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| U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi soldiers hurry as they load onto UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters upon the completion of Operation Eagle North Point, a combined air assault in Abu Osage, Iraq, Oct. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Company A, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Air Assault.
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| An Iraq National Policeman passes out handbills that are to be given to local citizens during phase two of Operation Patriot Enforcement, a cordon and soft knock of a neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| U.S. and Iraqi soldiers conduct a joint reconnaissance patrol in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2008, to determine possible future locations for joint security stations. The U.S. soldiers are with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., and the Iraqi troops are with the 8th Iraqi Army Division
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| Robert Seely, a British soldier with the 15th Physiological Operations Group, plays Backgammon with residents in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Karah Cohen
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| U.S. service members from the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team and Kuchi tribe leaders meet in the Qalat province of Afghanistan Oct. 10, 2008, to discuss ways to assist the tribe during the upcoming winter. The Kuchis, a nomadic tribe, have lost a large number of livestock due to drought.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Brown
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| An Iraqi soldier looks on as U.S. Army Pvt. James Murray searches the water for weapons and explosives during a mission in Sayyid Bartu, Dhi Qar province, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2008. Murray is assigned to assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's Headquarter Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lester Colley
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| From left, John, an Afghan interpreter, U.S. Army Capt. James Arnold, a doctor, and Staff Sgt. Nestor Abalos examine an Afghan man's teeth during a village dental outreach in Shujoy, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2008. Although most Afghans lack basic dental hygiene products, their teeth remain relatively healthy due to limited sugar in their diets. When they do have problems, many go untreated for years with the lack of basic dental care.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Brown
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| President George W. Bush is joined in the Oval Office, Oct. 14, 2008, for the signing of S. 3001, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. With him from left are: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.; U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va.; Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter of California, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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| A U.S. Army soldier sits in the back of a Stryker vehicle as soldiers from his unit conduct a cache search dubbed Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave in the rural region of Zoba, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. The site has been historically known to hold countless hidden weapons caches.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Hall stops for a snack with a local Iraqi man while clearing the Owja Desert of Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 327th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113, holds in the port observation position on a British Royal Air Force L-1011 refueling aircraft while another Hornet from Carrier Air Wing 14 takes on fuel over Southern Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2008. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and CVW 14 are providing support to coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Oliver Smith and a "downed" F-15 Eagle pilot are hoisted out of the water into a HH-60G Pave Hawk during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 8, 2008. Members of the 18th Wing from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the Japanese coast guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. Smith is a pararescue airman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best
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| Local Afghan workers perform maintenance on the perimeter wall at International Security Assistance Force Forward Operating Base Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith
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| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke Gills directs an Iraqi air force C-130 Hercules on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2008. Gills is a transient alert marshaller assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. The aircraft, assigned to the 23rd Squadron, was on a cargo resupply mission with the U.S. Air Force 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu navigates Sydney Harbor as the ship arrives for a scheduled port visit, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 10, 2008. The USS Peleliu is the flagship of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Michelle Rhonehouse
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Stephanie Flowers swims in the Australian swimming pool with an Iraqi girl scout during a visit on Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Wagner
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| U.S. Army Spc. Casey Miller looks through surveyors theodolite equipment in the Qubah Village, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2008. Miller is assigned to the 63rd Engineer Company, which is part of a team that clears palm trees and roads in the Iraqi village.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen Jr.
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| President George W. Bush and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi review the troops during welcoming festivities, Oct. 13, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House. Bush lauded Italian forces for their help in fighting the war on terror.
White House photo by Grant Miller
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| President George W. Bush and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stand together following their remarks at a joint press availability, Oct. 13, 2008, at the White House. Bush thanked Italian forces for their support in the war on terror.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Hall, takes a minute to pet a puppy while on patrol in the Owja Desert of Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008. Hall is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's, 327th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| U.S. Army Spc. Jason Hardman searches a home while his unit patrols and clears the Owja Desert of Iraq, Oct. 10, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 327th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micky M. Bazaldua
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| Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremy Stanowski operates a heavy equipment roller to compact the ground before placing concrete during a construction project on Camp Covington, Guam, Sept. 28, 2008. Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-133 are on a seven-month deployment to Guam.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Helvie
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| Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessica Guinn tightens clamps around an actuator on an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2008. Guinn is an aerospace propulsion apprentice is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Tightening the clamps secures protective layers known as booties around the actuator, preventing dust and debris from damaging it.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| U.S. Army soldiers climb stairs to clear a building as they search for a sniper suspect in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division's Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soldiers and civilians review blueprints with Afghan engineers for an Afghan National Army garrison currently under construction in Farah province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
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| Members of the U.S. Air Force Drill Team perform during a rehearsal tattoo on Bolling Air Force Base, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marleah Miller
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| Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop performs a sweeping hip throw on Sgt. Sarina A. Young on Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008. Vandentop is chief instructor of Fallujah's U.S. Marine Corps martial arts instructor course, and Young is a fellow black belt instructor. Vandentop recently trained a class of 95 Marines who volunteered to become Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sean P. McGinty
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| A RIM-7M Sea Sparrow surface-to-air radar-guided missile takes off from the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier during combat system ships qualification trials in the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of California, Oct. 7, 2008. Stennis, which is conducting combat system ships qualification trials, is the first carrier to successfully launch the navy's new missile.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Steckler
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| Two U.S. Navy aviation structural mechanics work together on the wing of a F/A-18C Hornet during routine maintenance in the hangar bay of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 7, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee
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| Marine Staff Sgt. Theo Mahiai, left, and Marine Staff Sgt. Jeff Barton refuel an MV-22 Osprey aircraft in the hot pits of Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2008. Mahiai is an Osprey crew chief, and Barton is an airframes mechanic. Both are assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Kelly R. Chase
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| The breaks through the clouds over aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a scheduled port visit at Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii, Oct. 1, 2008. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Rialyn Rodrigo
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| U.S. Air Force airmen secure a downed pilot and signal to be hoisted on board an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during an exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 8, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron. The 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated aircraft accident.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best
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| U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Shimkus draws a plan for his team during an exercise scenario that is part of confined-space training on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 3, 2008. Shimkus is assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron. The training prepares the rescue airmen to execute operations in confined spaces and collapsed structures.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec
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| A U.S. Army soldier competing in the "Best Warrior" competition participates in a night fire exercise at Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 2, 2008. Twenty-four of the Army's finest warriors representing 12 commands from across the Army gathered at Fort Lee, Va., Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2008, to compete in the competition which names the Army's soldier and noncommissioned officer of the year.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tom Steber
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| U.S. soldiers train for the full spectrum of operations from the new Army Field Manual 7-0 which provides the standards for when troops are deployed. The soldiers are training at the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 9, 2008.
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| Army Pfc. Jared Smith conducts a preventive maintenance check on a humvee during at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 4, 2008. Smith is a forward observer assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Phillip Adam Turner
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| U.S. Army soldiers roar cadences as they return from an early morning unit run on Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 9, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry “Warrior” Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Before the run, Col. Douglas Gabram, commander of the Warriors, talked to his soldiers about the importance of safety, taking care of one another and spending quality time with their family this holiday weekend.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan J. J. Hoskins
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| Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu briefs reporters on recruiting statistics at the Pentagon, Oct. 10, 2008. Also participating in the briefing are: Commander, U.S. Army Recruiting Command Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick; Commander, Navy Recruiting Command Rear Adm. Joseph F. Kilkenny and Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Commnand Marine Corps Maj. Gen. (sel) Robert Milstead.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, (middle) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (left) and Hungarian Minister of Defense Dr. Imre Szekeres open the Strategic Airlift Consortium Ceremony during the Budapest NATO Conference, Oct. 9, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meet during the Budapest NATO Conference, Oct. 9, 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long listen to the opening remarks of the Southeastern European Defense Ministerial in Ohrid, Macedonia, Oct. 8, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks though an honor cordon of Macedonian special guardsman after attending the Southeastern European Defense Ministerial, Oct. 8, 2008, in Ohrid, Macedonia.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, practice sling loading a helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Oct. 9, 2008, during training at an airstrip outside of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. Both units are deployed to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jeff Smart
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| U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Steve Kummeth, right, with the special functions team from the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, presents Tanzanian health officers a group photo from a previous project during a medical civic action project in Tanga, Tanzania, Oct. 7, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel
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| Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright talks to servicemembers during the General Graves B. Erskine Lecture Series at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Oct. 9, 2008. The purpose of the lecture series, sponsored by the Marine Corps University Foundation, is to broaden the perspective of students assigned to The Marine Corps University in the social, political and cultural dimensions of the U.S. and the world.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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| U.S. Marines and sailors assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a 5-kilometer conditioning march on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Arabian Sea, Oct. 7, 2008. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed in the Central Command area of responsibility aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Strike Group promoting stability in the region.
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| Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. gets a closer look at Pfc. Vincent Hancock's gold medal while Secrtary of the Army Pete Geren does the same with Spc. Walton Glenn Eller's gold medal at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Oct 9, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| More than 50 families return to the Zaitun, west of Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008, after they were forced to leave because of violence a few years ago. This marks a fresh start for these families as they begin to rebuild and move forward along with the rest of Abu Ghraib and its residents.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Dustin Weidman
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England poses for a photo, in his Pentagon office, Oct. 9, 2008, with two Army gold medalists from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Spc. Glenn Eller, left, won his gold medal for trap shooting. Spc. Vincent Hancock earned the gold in skeet shooting. Both men, members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, have competed in numerous events around the globe.
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| Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England admires the Olympic Gold Medal won by Army Spc. Vincent Hancock during the recent Beijing games for his remarkable skill at skeet shooting. Joining Hancock for the Oct. 9, 2008, visit with England in his Pentagon office, is fellow Army Marksmanship Unit team mate Spc. Glenn Eller, who was the gold medalist in trap shooting. Both men are considered to be the No. 1 ranked shooter in the world for their particular discipline.
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| A UH-60 Black Hawk air ambulance helicopter flies to a medical mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2008. The helicopter crew are assigned to “Lonestar” dustoff Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt
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| Federal Voting Assistance Program Director Polli Brunelli discusses recent efforts to educate and inform overseas military voters on how to expedite delivery of ballots during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Oct. 9, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Helicopters fly over the Republic of Korea Aegis destroyer Sejong the Great during the International Fleet Review "Pass and Review", Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 7, 2008. The International Fleet Review, which runs Oct. 5 through Oct. 10, 2008, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Republic of Korea.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobbie G. Attaway
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danny Shaw, left, installs safety wiring as Staff Sgt. Nathan Gadbois, middle, and Airman 1st Class Jessica Guinn look through a technical order while performing maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon's propulsion system on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2008. Shaw, Gadbois and Guinn, all aerospace propulsion journeymen, are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 8, 2008. The F/A-18C Hornet is an all-weather, attack aircraft that can also be used as a fighter. Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Scott
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| U.S. Army Pfc. Jacob Kahler pulls security on patrol during a search for a Special Groups extremist in the New Baghdad Security District of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Valle, a Gold Team demonstration parachutist assigned to the U.S. Army Golden Knights, spots his landing area at the Amigo Airsho on Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 8, 2008
U.S. Army photo by Lacey Justinger
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| U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ernest C. Browne takes aim on targets down range on Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2008. Browne is a designated marksman assigned to the Security Forces Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5. “Our weapons are the most important piece of gear we have, so taking the time to get it ready is vital to whatever mission we have,” said Browne.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dean Davis
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| An F/A-18C assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 refuels with a U.S. Air Force KC-10 in southeastern Afghanistan during a mission supporting British troops in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing 14 are providing support to coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 transits over Kandahar, Afghanistan, while supporting international security forces in the region, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing 14 are providing support to coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan. Coalition forces, composed of more than 52,000 personnel from 40 countries, are providing assistance to the government of Afghanistan, as part of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz
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| Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., addresses a question from the media during a press conference at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington D.C., on Oct 6, 2008.
Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the Association of the U.S. Army at the organization's 2008 Annual Meeting & Exposition, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2008.
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| A UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopter from Fort Polk, La., flies past Mount Rushmore on its way to the Lakota powwow in South Dakota, Sept. 23, 2008. At the Lakota Sioux tribe's request, the helicopter series was given the tribe's name.
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| U.S. Marine Corps firefighters struggle to contain a training exercise fire on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Sept. 25, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting.
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Kris Shiplett and members of his unit provide security for Iraqi national police
handing out leaflets in Hada Mechanics, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Deguzman stops to visit with Iraqi children during a joint dismounted patrol with Iraqi army soldiers in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Platoon, Commanche Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| U.S. Army 1st Lt. Edward Dudick provides overwatch protection in the village of Khormelq, Afghanistan, during a shura meeting of village elders and Farah Provincial Governor Azadi Roohul Amin, Oct. 2, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
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| Two rubber boats zip around Lake Qadisiyah, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. Sailors with Riverine Squadron 3, Riverine Detachment 2, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and Iraqi Police run scenarios to practice their boating skills. The sailors conduct a 21-day training course to help the Iraqi policemen better develop their river security force. The policemen in the class came from all over western al-Anbar province.
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| A U.S. Marine spouse punches a martial arts pad during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Marine Special Operations Support Group Jane Wayne Day in front of the Goettge Field House on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 24, 2008.
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| U.S. Army Spc. Ronald Dawson provides security for members of his unit and Iraqi national police as they patrol a rejuvenated market area and conduct a positive interaction leaflet handout in Hadar, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 2, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Calvary, 7th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Surgener
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| 10/8/2008 |
| Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston present the Commander's Cup to the winning female team from Fort Bragg, N.C., for their performance in the Army Ten-Miler at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington D.C., Oct 6, 2008.
U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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| 10/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp, Commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, speaks with members of the media during a press conference at the Pentagon, Oct. 8, 2008.
DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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| U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Casey, center, and Spc. Patrick Grady, search a farm as a cow looks on during Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave, in the Abu Ghuraib District of western Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the Military Transition Team, attached to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Striker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Benjamin Crane
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| A rainbow spans the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu during routine flight operations, Indian Ocean, Oct. 7, 2008. The USS Peleliu is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Kelling
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| 10/8/2008 |
| U.S. soldiers wrestle with concertina wire, Oct. 5, 2008, folding the wire upon itself to make a more manageable mass to be collected for disposal. The soldiers, assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment's Company C, 1st Battalion, are clearing the wire from nearly all of West Rashid's Jihad and Fourat communities to help Iraqi citizens experience a sense of normalcy.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams
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| 10/8/2008 |
| U.S. Army Maj. Dave Spies and Sgt. Patrick Colwell prepare to empty a bag of leaflets out the door of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during a leaflet drop mission in support of Operation Iron Horse Blizzard, over a district of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008. Spies is assigned to the 101st History Detachment, 4th Infantry Division and Colwell to the 4th Infantry Band.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
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| 10/8/2008 |
| Visitors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln watch from behind the flight deck foul lines as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 launches to participate in a Carrier Air Wing 2 aerial change of command ceremony, Pacific Ocean, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Lincoln and CVW 2 are returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| 10/8/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Boswell meets his one-week-old son Peyton for the first time after his return from a six-month deployment aboard the guided-missile frigate USS McInerney, Matport, Fla., Oct. 5, 2008. Boswell is a sonar technician assigned to the USS McInerney.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles
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| 10/8/2008 |
| U.S. Marines assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a security stop during improvised explosive device convoy training Sept. 29, 2008, on Fort Pickett, Va.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visits Camp Montieth, Kosovo, and walks on a foot patrol with members of the Liaison Monitoring Team through the nearby town of Gjilan, Kosovo, Oct. 7, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| 10/7/2008 |
| A U.S. Army staff sergeant briefs U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Task Force MedFalcon during Gates' tour of Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Oct. 7, 2008.
DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates boards a UH-60 Blackhawk on Camp Montieth, Kosovo, after touring the local town of Gjilan on foot, Oct. 7, 2008.
DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ruben Trejo Sanchez, left, and 1st Lt. Erik Ruiz practice an over the head rifle toss on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Oct. 3, 2008. Both are members of the base's honor guard drill team.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane
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| 10/7/2008 |
| A runner nears the half-way point of the 2008 Army 10-miler on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, as a C-130 takes off Oct. 5, 2008. The 189th Combat Service Support Battalion sponsored the run so that coalition troops, civilian employees and contractors in Kandahar could join the thousands of other runners around the world participating in the event.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Wrzesinski
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| U.S. Army Spc. Michael Stutz inspects the top exterior of his newly assigned M-113 track wheeled vehicle upon their arrival at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 4, 2008. Stutz is a combat medic assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Phillip Adam Turner
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Deguzman, left, window shops for toys at a local market stand with an Iraqi soldier during their dismounted patrol in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2008. Deguzman is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Army soldiers carry a simulated patient away from a Black Hawk helicopter during medevac training on Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 2, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 154th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 13th Sustainment Command.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rob Strain
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates briefs the press onboard a military aircraft while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 6, 2008. Gates is en route to a southeast Europe defense ministerial conference in Macedonia and a NATO meeting in Hungary.
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Anderstrom buys baklava, a pastry with honey and nuts, from a local shop while he meets with Iraqi shop owners at Cedar Market, Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008. Anderstrom is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| U.S. Army soldiers ascend stairs to clear a roof as they search the neighborhood for a sniper suspect in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Anderstrom helps an elderly Iraqi woman cross a curb while he meets with local shop owners at Cedar Market, Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008. Anderstrom is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rachel Albee watches a perimeter from a tower on a Southwest Asia base, Oct. 1, 2008. Albee is assigned to the 64th Air Expeditionary Group, which provides force protection and base support to enable U.S. security assistance operations and enhance strategic partnerships.
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| 10/7/2008 |
| U.S. Marines participate in a training exercise for an improvised explosive device detonation on Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Sept. 28, 2008, The Marines are assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie
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| 10/7/2008 |
| A U.S. Marine performs maintenance on a Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 1, 2008. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher Clark
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| 10/6/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives a team jacket from one of the Paralympians visiting the Pentagon, Oct. 6, 2008. Military personnel representing both the Olympic and Paralympic teams met with Gates and received a guided tour of the Pentagon.
DoD photo by R. D. Ward
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| 10/6/2008 |
| U.S. Army Andrew Slack leads a briefing for coalition and Iraqi forces as they meet to conduct "rock" drills to prepare for their joint informational operation leaflet campaign at Joint Security Station Thawra in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, Oct. 2, 2008. Slack is a company commander assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment.
U.S. Army photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| 10/6/2008 |
| More than 300 coalition soldiers participate at sunrise in Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave in Aqur Quf, northwest of Baghdad, Oct. 4, 2008. The U.S. Army soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, and Iraqi soldiers are assigned to the 6th Iraqi Army Division's 24th Battalion.
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Dustin Weidman
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| 10/6/2008 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Danish Minister of Defense Soren Gade through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, Oct. 6, 2008, to meet on bilateral defense issues.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| 10/6/2008 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, second from left, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, far left, and Danish Minister of Defense Soren Gade, right, talk during a luncheon at the Pentagon, Oct. 6, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mike Condlin directs a Super Hornet strike fighter onto a catapult for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, Oct. 1, 2008. Stennis is conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of California.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Josue Escobosa
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| 10/6/2008 |
| Runners take off from the starting point at Bagram Air Field, eastern Afghanistan, during the Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 5, 2008. The official Army Ten-Miler is held annually in Washington, D.C. and begins at the Pentagon.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez
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| 10/6/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Cmdr. Scott Pappano, captain of the fast-attack submarine USS Buffalo, is welcomed to the Republic of Korea. Buffalo, which is homeported in Guam, is conducting a routine port visit in conjunction with the International Fleet Review hosted by the Republic of Korea Navy, Oct. 4, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobbie G. Attaway
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| 10/6/2008 |
| The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt approaches Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 4, 2008, in what will be the first port visit by an American aircraft carrier since 1967.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| 10/6/2008 |
| MH-53 Pave Low helicopters prepare to take off for their final combat mission on Sept. 27, 2008, in Iraq. The MH-53, the largest and most technologically advanced helicopter in the Air Force with a record dating back to the Vietnam War, was retired from the Air Force inventory on Sept. 30, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley
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| 10/6/2008 |
| As seen through a night-viewing device, U.S. Army Sgt. John Butler points during a leaflet-drop mission over the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Oct. 2, 2008. Butler is a member the 11th Psychological Operation Task Force.
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Diaz, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Shields while performing a maintenance check on an F/A-18A strike fighter assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Oct. 1, 2008. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are under way on a regularly scheduled deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Laird
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shane A. Patterson fires his MK-11 sniper rifle from a Sea Knight helicopter while flying over the Gulf of Aden, Sept. 27, 2008. The snipers train by firing at floating targets from different places inside the helicopter.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron J. Rock
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Marines conduct a dry firing rehearsal during weapons training aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Indian Ocean, Oct. 1, 2008. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The Marines are assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Airman Yuri Fernandez looks towards the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to ensure there are no personnel near the catapults before flight operations, in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2008. Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are underway on a scheduled deployment. Fernandez is an aviation boatswain's mate.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa Jr. speaks with sailors attached to Naval Special Warfare Group 1 during a tour of their spaces in Guam, Oct. 3, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos
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| 10/3/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses master of business administration students during the Wharton Leadership Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/3/2008 |
| Preparing for an upcoming mission, pararescuemen jump out the back of a C-130 Hercules during jump training, Sept. 24, 2008, over southwestern Germany. They are with the 786th Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua E. Simson (third from left) receives the USO Sailor of the Year Award from actor Dennis Farina, Vice Chief of Naval Operations U.S Navy Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, USO Chairman of the World Board William G. Moll, USO President and CEO Sloan D. Gibson and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S Navy Adm. Mike Mullen in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/2/2008 |
| A volunteer from Challenged America teaches U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sherman Watson, who received a traumatic brain injury when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq, how to adjust sails on a 43-foot racing sailboat in San Diego Harbor, Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by Donna Miles
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Leisch, from the immediate reaction force of 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces, verifies a U.S. Army soldier's identification prior to allowing him entry onto Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2008.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon
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| 10/2/2008 |
| A U.S. Air Force pararescueman looks out the back of a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to executing a jump over Southwestern Germany, Sept. 24, 2008. Pararescuemen conducted the jump in conjunction with airmen assigned to the 786th Security Forces Squadron in preparation for an upcoming mission in Bitburg, Germany.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Angela McLane documents U.S. Army soldiers as they provide overwatch security during the opening of a hospital in Khalis, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2008. McLane is a combat cameraman and the soldiers are assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
DoD photo by U.S. Army Spc. Ronald Wright
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Monaghan provides security at Camp Caffereta, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2008. Monaghan is a designated marksman assigned to the 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu
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| 10/2/2008 |
| The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a brief port visit before completing a seven-month deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, Pearl Harbor, Sept. 30, 2008. The USS Abraham Lincoln also participated in action supporting operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Rush
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| 10/2/2008 |
| Comedian and actor Robin Williams performs at the 2008 USO World Gala in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the audience at the 2008 USO World Gala in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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| 10/2/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Larry Metscher, a crew chief assists an Iraqi soldier in fastening his seat restraint in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Forward Operating Base Garry Owen, Iraq, Sept. 25, 2008. Metscher is assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and believes that the Iraqi soldiers did exceptionally well during their landing zone training with the Long Knife soldiers.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Terence Ewings
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Erik Norman provides security while members of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society bring food to local citizens in Masafi, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2008. Norman and other soldiers are assigned to Delta Company, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer
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| U.S. Army Maj. Ben Hastings speaks with a local national during a humanitarian mission in Haqim, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2008. Hastings is attached to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal
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| Sott Kranz, a contractor, works with equipment originally designed for gold mining to remove bullets from soil in a former firing range at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Ore, Sept. 25, 2008. The project is part of a reclamation effort to remove the potentially dangerous lead projectiles and to return the land to its original condition.
U.S. Army photo courtesy of Mary Jane Moff
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| U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Eisch takes a stance during reflexive fire training, Sept. 30, 2008. Eisch is one of 24 soldiers competing in the 2008 Department of the Army Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year “Best Warrior” Competition, Sept. 28 to Oct.6, 2008, at Fort Lee, Va. Eisch is assigned to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
U.S. Army photo by T. Anthony Bell
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| Sailors on the stern gate of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore await the arrival of a small craft during an early morning passenger transfer, Nanoose Firing Range, British Columbia, Sept. 28, 2008. Rushmore is supporting anti-submarine warfare training at the Nanoose firing range.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Damien Horvath
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| U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Zachary Bray, left, and Demond Warrior wrap a new arresting gear cable on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis before replacing an old one, Pacific Ocean, Sept. 30, 2008. Stennis is conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of California.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa
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| 10/2/2008 |
| Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, applauds the five troops the USO honored at its 2008 USO World Gala in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2008. From left to right, the honorees are Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Phillip N. Waldron, Army Spc. Monica L. Brown, Marine Sgt. Richard E. Reyes, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua E. Simson and Air Force Staff Sgt. Shawn A. Ryan.
DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley
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| 10/2/2008 |
| A group of 80 soldier-medics, whose duties adhere to the Hippocratic Oath to provide ethical medical treatment, pledged allegiance to another credo -- the oath of re-enlistment during an Oct. 2, 2008, ceremony between the reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The oath was administered by Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker, Army surgeon general.
DoD photo by John J. Kruzel
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| 10/1/2008 |
| The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos and the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey steam alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu during an underway replenishment in the Indian Ocean, Sept. 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Kelling
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| 10/1/2008 |
| U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Dodson, right, leads the way as Spc. Fout is escorted by a young Iraqi boy through the Muhalla 511 neighborhood in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Personal Security Detail.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| U.S. Marines execute squats with their partners while participating in a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program grey belt course on Asad Air Base, Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin L Wainscott
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| U.S. Army soldiers descend the stairs of a school during a patrol in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Personal Security Detail.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
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| Marine Cpl. Sherman Watson (left), who suffered a traumatic brain injury in Iraq, and Eric McDaniel Jr., a former Army sergeant who suffered a stroke in training at Fort Bragg, N.C., participate in track and field events during the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego.
Department of Veterans Affairs photo by Gene Davies
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| As the sun sets over the Danube River, U.S. Army soldiers continue their search for possible hidden weapons cache while conducting Operation Boar Wild II, a cordon and search mission in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt
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| A British Merlin helicopter comes in for a landing in Al Fao, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2008. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Royal Air Force 28 Squadron, flying into Al Fao to pick up passengers to return to Camp Basra.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Rhonda J. Roth-Cameron
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| U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Manuel E. Cuello looks down the barrel of his rifle for obstructions on Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2008. Cuello is an armory custodian assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman
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| A pair of E-2C Hawkeyes assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 pass over the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during an air power demonstration performed by aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 2, Pacific Ocean, Sept. 29, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
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| As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Air Force MH-53 Pave Low helicopters from the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron conduct their last combat mission over Iraq, Sept. 27, 2008. The MH-53 is being retired after nearly 40 years of service to the Air Force.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon
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| U.S. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan briefs the Pentagon press corps, Oct. 1, 2008, on stability and security operations in Afghanistan. McKiernan serves as the commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
DoD photo by R. D. Ward
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| U.S. Army soldiers demonstrate how to properly approach and clear a building during their training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Sept. 20, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 152nd Cavalry Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron Airborne.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sheila Holifield
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| U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Gibson scans the terrain while his battle buddies keep a watchful eye from the water during training on Camp Atterbury, Ind., Sept. 20, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 152nd Cavalry Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron Airborne.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sheila Holifield
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| U.S. Army soldiers from the 503rd Infantry Division in Vicenza, Italy, shoot the rapids as part of Warrior Adventure Quest event in September, 2008. The high-adventure recreation program gives soldiers a new way to transition from combat to a “new normal,” reducing the potential for high-risk behaviors that are counterproductive to unit training requirements.
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| U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk conduct operational training on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2008
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon
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| Left to right: Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Henrietta H. Fore, administrator of USAID and director of U.S. Foreign Assistance; Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; a flag bearer; Army Gen. William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mark S. Ripka, the command's senior enlisted servicemember, stand together after the unfolding of the flag during the command's activation ceremony in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to the audience during the activation ceremony of U.S. Africa Command in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to the audience during the activation ceremony of U.S. Africa Command in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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| U.S. Africa Command Commander Army Gen. William E. Ward speaks to the audience during the command activation ceremony for U.S. Africa Command in the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 2008.
DoD photo by U.S. Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess
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