MANNING A GUN MOUNT

Navy Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Matthew Richards and Aviation Ordinanceman 3rd Class Stephen Miller man a gun mount during a drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, March 28, 2008. Boxer is at sea preparing for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew Jackson

SEABEES IN ETHIOPIA

U.S. Navy Seabees take a break after installing sheeting for a drop ceiling in a classroom at Abadir Primary School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 20, 2008. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

NATO GREETINGS

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland, left, greets Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon his arrival in Brussels, Belgium, March 31, 2008. Gates is in Belgium to visit to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison

BRUSSELS CHAT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, talk at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, March 31, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison

SIGNING IN

U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock, left, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, watches as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signs a guest book at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, March 31, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison

FLIGHT OF HOPE

A 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim waves goodbye before leaving on a medical evacuation flight to the United States from the Air Force Theater Hospital on Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 21, 2008. The child and his mother flew to the U.S. to obtain treatment for second and third degree burns covering 45 percent of the boy's body. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

LEAFLET DROP IN KIRKUK

U.S. soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division drop leaflets over Kirkuk, Iraq, March 27, 2008, to improve relations between citizens and coalition forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet

BOARDING DRILL

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon conduct a boarding drill aboard the decommissioned amphibious transporting dock ship USS Duluth, March 26, 2008. U.S Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer David Rush