The ammunition found in a weapons cache by U.S. Army and Iraqi army soldiers detonates in a huge explosion in Basra province, Iraq, April 27, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company E, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Burger
Turkish sailors perform fast-rope exercises from a U.S. Navy MH-60 helicopter during Phoenix Express in Souda Bay, Greece, April 30, 2009. Phoenix Express is a two-week exercise to stregthen regional maritime partnerships. Participating countries include the United States, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Italy, France, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Croatia, Libya, and Senegal. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Aprentice Whitfield M. Palmer
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listen to a question during a press briefing, May 11, 2009, at the Pentagon, where they recommended Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal replace Army Gen. David D. McKiernan as commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess
With their school in disrepair, Afghan students attend class outside in the Alasay district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, where members of a provincial reconstruction team erected tents to serve as temporary shelter, April 27, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Derek L. Kuhn
Coalition medics use a flat-bed truck to transport and treat the more than 20 victims of a double suicide boming at the Gareshk bazaar in Kandahar, Afghanistan, May 10, 2009. Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan photo
An F-15C Eagle from the West Coast Demonstration Team and a pair of P-51 Mustangs fly in formation as part of a heritage flight, May 1, 2009, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This is the final demonstration show for the F-15C, completing a 26-year career that began in 1983. The Air Combat Command team has performed more than 150 times around the globe. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares
Villagers watch U.S. Navy sailors work with engineers from the Uganda People's Defence Force as they grade the area surrounding the Walela Culvert Bridge in Lira, Uganda, May 5, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas A. Beltran and a Moroccan soldier load ammunition into an M2 .50 caliber machine gun in Tifnit, Morocco, May 6, 2009. The U.S. Marines and Moroccan soldiers fired the weapons during African Lion, an annual U.S.-Moroccan exercise to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Grady T. Fontana
