FLYOVER

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Keo Khamonel waves to locals as he flies in the back a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules over Tumon Bay, Guam, Feb. 23, 2011. Khamonel is a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron on Yokota Air Base, Japan. The U.S. and Japan are participating in Cope North, an annual exercise conducted between U.S. and Japanese forces U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence

ANNIVERSARY GUESTS

U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Deborah K. Jones, left background, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left foreground, talk with former U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell, opposite Mullen, at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2011. The four were in Kuwait to attend the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

ROPE SLIDE

A U.S. Army Ranger candidate pulls himself along a suspended rope during the bridge and vertical haul line exercises that are part of mountaineer training on Camp Merrill, Dahlonega, Ga., Feb. 21, 2011. U.S. Army photo by John D. Helms

STREET CONSTRUCTION

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Parker patrols down a street during a civil affairs assessment patrol in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2011. Parker, also known as "Doc," is assigned to the civil affairs team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines. U.S. Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. Timothy Irish

REMOTE PREPARATIONS

U.S. Navy sailors prepare a Remote Ordnance Neutralization System robot to approach a suspect vehicle during an Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2011 vehicle borne improvised explosive device drill in Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 24, 2011. The weeklong series of anti-terrorism and force protection exercises involves Navy installations and activities. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Gary Granger Jr.

UP PUP

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brett Hurley commands his military working dog, Rex, to jump over an obstacle course on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2011. Hurley and Rex are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sheila deVera

TIME FUSE

Army combat engineers attach a time fuse to a detonating-cord firing system so they can practice detonating a bomb remotely during training on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 23, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

END OF AN ERA

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Frank Buckles, the last living American World War I veteran, during a Pentagon ceremony March 6, 2008. Buckles died Feb. 27, 2011, at age 110. DOD file photo by R.D. Ward.