Photos from May, 2003

  • Richard Allan Roth, the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, M. Moustapha Sourang, the Senegal Minister of Education, and Maj. Keith Lynch, of the Office of Defense Cooperation, pose in front of one of the recently donated vehicles. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. William Winkenwerder visits Fleet Hospital 8 in Rota Spain. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Naval Reservists from MOMAU-SEVEN, Greenville, SC, mount the High Frequency log periodic antenna onto the antenna mast. When fully extended, the antenna will rise 50 feet upon the COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2003 camp site at Lager Aulenbach, Germany. CE-03 is a 17 day exercise with over 37 nations participating and testing interoperability between communication information systems. USAF photo by SSgt. John Barton, 52nd Communications Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Lt.J.G. Dave Hecht, CNE Det 413, qualifies on the 7.65 millimeter German machine gun during marksmanship qualifications at Lager Aulenbach, Germany. Over 100 active and reserve soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen From 37 nations participated in the afternoon event on 16 May. (Photo by CAPT Chris Miller, NR NIB 1118, Ft. Carson, CO) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ET1 Christopher Gilbertson, MOMAU-SEVEN, (center) establishes HF radio communications across the Atlantic during COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2003 testing as fellow reservist IT2 Thomas Shupe (background) listens. ET3 Adam Harper, Technical Communications Support Unit, Sigonella, Italy watches. (Photo by Lt.J.G. David Hecht, NR CNE Det 413, Detroit) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Sgt. 1st Class Brad Blose prepares a blood sample for analysis in the Schweinfurt Health Clinic lab. Blose was recently named winner of the the USAREUR Commander's Safety Award for Operational Safety Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A United States Army Medical Materiel Center, Europe employee runs a forklift at a USAMMCE warehouse. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A United States Army Medical Materiel Center, Europe employee assembles a combat life-saver kit at a USAMMCE warehouse. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Master Sgt. Roy T. Blanco, 39th Wing Mission Support Squadron first sergeant, and 1 Lt. Eric Rodino, Combined Task Force chief of staff executive officer, case the CTF/Operation Northern Watch guidon during an inactivation ceremony held at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey on May 1 2003 (Photo by Airman First Class Veronica Fullwood) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • An F-15C Eagle tops off its gas tanks during an aerial refueling with a KC-135R Stratotanker during Operation Northern Watch. Both aircraft were part of a coalition task force that enforced the no-fly zone over northern Iraq and monitored Iraqi compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions for 12 years. (USAF Photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • The aircrew of a KC-135R Stratotanker performs their in-flight checks during an Operation Northern Watch mission. Because air-to-air refueling is critical to the mission, tanker aircrews are in high demand for deployments throughout the world. The Air and Space Expeditionary Force system was designed to make these and other Airmen's lives more predictable and to enhance their readiness for deployments. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Gamble) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • During Operation Northern Watch at Incirlik AB, Turkey, U.S. Sailors prepare a Navy EA-6B Prowler before a mission to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq. For 12 years, U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen worked together as a team with United Kingdom and Turkish forces to monitor Iraqi compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions. (USAF Photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • The sun sets in south-central Turkey as an F-16C Falcon is prepared for another patrol of the northern no-fly zone during Operation Northern Watch. Completing 12 years of patrols, the coalition task force that monitored Iraqi compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions ended operations March 17, 2003. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Gamble) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • General Charles F. Wald, U.S. European Command deputy commander,spoke to attendees at a Operation Northern Watch Inactivation Ceremony held at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey May 1. The ceremony signifies the successful end to its mission of enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolutions above the 36th parallel, which began in 1997. Gen. Wald, who officiated the ceremony, was also the first U.S. officer on the ground at Incirlik to support Operation Provide Comfort in 1991. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Fullwood) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A TV news crew from the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK) asks a radio technician with 1st Bn., 10th Marines, to describe the training received by Marines and sailors of Marine Air-Ground Task Force-2, supporting Exercise Battle Griffin. The Marines and sailors were part of NATO Exercise Strong Resolve, which began in-country environmental training recently in LEKSDAHL, Norway. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt. James J. Connolly, Jr.) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A SSgt assigned to the 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano, AB, Italy works with his partner Kayla a military working dog. They train together in aggression techniques to boost Kayla's confidence to attack on command. A true working dog is stable, confident, and alert. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Ike Freeman) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A pilot from the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and a flight surgeon from the 48th Aerospace Medical Squadron, inspect an AIM-120 Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) during preflight on a F-15E Strike Eagle. Flight surgeons average about four flights a month to meet their flying requirements as well as to bond with the local flying population. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Tony R. Tolley) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...