Photos from March, 2006

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Wienfurter checks that the fuel is balanced as it's pumped into a C-5 Galaxy here March 30, 2006. Wienfurter is a crew chief with the 723rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Lasky) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
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GIEBELSTADT ARMY AIRFIELD, Germany — With the morning sun, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jesse Lee completes his preflight inspection by cleaning his aircraft's windshield here March 30, 2006. Lee and other aviators from 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment are preparing to fly their UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters to Mannheim, Germany, where the aircraft will be fitted for shipment to their new home at Fort Riley, Kan. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. John Queen) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINTE-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Darnell Sales, center right, shows members of the Congolese military how to apply a tourniquet during a training exercise aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land in port here March 24, 2006. The Sailors deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area in late February for a series of security cooperation activities to promote regional stability. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace salutes the Turkish honor guard as he passes them for review here March 24, 2006. (DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINTE-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Landon Wilkerson, a damage controlman with to submarine tender USS Emory S. Land, helps members of the Congolese military apply a pipe patch during training aboard the ship's helicopter pad here March 24, 2006. The Sailors deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area in late February for a series of security cooperation activities to promote regional stability. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINTE-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — From right, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Dirato, Petty Officer 3rd Class James Prugger and a member of the Congolese military practice firefighting hose handling techniques on the helicopter pad of submarine tender USS Emory S. Land while in port here March 24, 2006. The Sailors deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area in late February for a series of security cooperation activities to promote regional stability. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINT-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — U.S. Navy Rear Adm. D.C. Curtis, center, U.S. Naval Forces Europe's director for transformation activities, gives an athlete a soccer ball here March 24, 2006. Sailors with the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area in late February for a series of security cooperation activities to promote regional stability. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aimee Tortorich) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
SIGONELLA, Sicily — Navy Seaman Theodore Sawinko with Patrol Squadron 26 walks a wing of a P-3C Orion aircraft during post-flight procedures here March 23, 2006. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Collins) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINTE-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — Students of the Jean Felix Tchicaya Primary School here watch as U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent Abellera, with the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land, measures plywood to be used as replacement ceiling tiles for the school March 23, 2006. Sailors assigned to USS Emory S. Land are currently conducting training exercises and community projects in various Gulf of Guinea countries. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TBILISI, Georgia — Delegation chiefs from 42 participating nations listen to technology briefings during the Combined Endeavor 2006 final planning conference here March 23, 2006. Combined Endeavor 2006, a Partnership for Peace exercise sponsored by U.S. European Command and in cooperation with the German Ministries of Defense, is the largest and most complex military communications and information systems exercise in the world. (Courtesy photo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kevin O'Dell and Air Force Staff Sgt. Griffith Hemphell troubleshoot an aircraft power unit for a C-17 Globemaster III here March 22, 2006. O'Dell is a task expediter, and Hemphell is an air hydraulics specialist with Spangdahlem's 726th Air Mobility Squadron. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Lasky) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION LAKENHEATH, United Kingdom — Air Force Senior Airman Joey Roberts, an aircraft maintenance journeyman with the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, prepares to weld an aircraft tank spider gulley here March 22, 2006. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristi Emler) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
POINTE-NOIRE, Republic of the Congo — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kieshia Beckett, front, and other crewmembers from the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land perform a puppet show for children at the Jean Felix Tchicaya Primary School here March 22, 2006. The Sailors deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area in late February for a series of security cooperation activities to promote regional stability. During breaks in training, the Sailors seek ways to interact with the people in the countries they visit. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
PENTAGON — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani Jr. meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer here March 20, 2006. The leaders met to discuss subjects of mutual interests. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad McNeeley) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Air Force Maj. Mark McDaniel, Tech. Sgt. Misti Adams, Maj. Dale Grey and Staff Sgt. Dwayne Gulley carry a litter from a C-17 Globemaster III here March 20, 2006. The Mississippi Air National Guard transport flew to Iraq to deliver cargo and returned as an aeromedical evacuation flight. On the return, it surpassed the transport fleet's 1 millionth hour of flight milestone. McDaniel, Grey and Gully are with Ramstein's 435th Aerospace Medical Squadron. Adams is with the Ramstein's 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Lasky) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
DUBROVNIK, Croatia — U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Ralph Frank addresses participants at the Southeast Europe Disaster Preparedness Conference here March 20. Experts from 11 Southeast European countries gather to break new ground in regional cooperation to prepare together for possible natural disasters. The conference is co-sponsored by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the National Protection and Rescue Directorate of Croatia and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Disaster Preparedness and Prevention. (DoD photo by Joseph Ferrare) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
PORT GENTIL, Gabon — Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Melanie Williams plays a game with a student of the Matanda Elementary School here March 16, 2006. Sailor from the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land helped repair the school during the ships visit to four Gulf of Guinea nations. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Soldiers with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment from Baumholder, Germany, took an opportunity to show off in a night-fire operation with their Multiple-Launch Rocket System vehicles here March 16, 2006. The event was part of an 11-day, battalion-qualification training exercise. (Army photo by Spec. Jennifer McFadden) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
PORT GENTIL, Gabon — Lawinda, a student at the Matanda Elementary School here, writes her name for Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Tanya Delpriore during a community relations project March 16, 2006. The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land is deployed to the Gulf of Guinea area to initiate a series of security cooperation activities that will promote regional stability, counterterrorism and U.S. interests in the region, while maintaining positive relations with regional partners. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kulp) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Otero, 435th Civil Engineering Squadron, X-rays an simulated bomb to ensure the contents are not hazardous during a training exercise here March 14, 2006. (Air Force photo by Airman Julianne Trulson) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
MARPINGEN, Germany — During combat search and rescue training Air Force Capt. Doug Galloway waits to be rescued as pararescuemen approach with caution before authenticating and extracting the pilot in an HH-60 Pave Hawk here March 13, 2006. The 81st Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the 56th Rescue Squadron from Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, trained together here. Galloway is an A-10 fighter pilot with the 81st FS. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Lasky) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION MILDENHALL, United Kingdom — Seven U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft line up on the flightline for a training mission here March 13, 2006. (DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeanette Copeland) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TAHOUA, Niger — Marines from 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment watch as Nigerian Soldiers practice firing heavy machine guns at a firing range here March 12, 2006, during exercise Shared Accord 2006. More than 200 U.S. service members recently arrived in Niger to support the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative, a U.S. European Command program designed to help develop the internal security forces necessary to control borders and combat terrorism and other illegal activity. (DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Worrell) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TAHOUA, Niger — Niger Soldiers follow a U.S. Marine from 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment off the firing line here March 12, 2006, after completing AK-47 assault rifle training during exercise Shared Accord 2006. More than 200 U.S. service members recently arrived in Niger to support the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative, a U.S. European Command program designed to help develop the internal security forces necessary to control borders and combat terrorism and other illegal activity. (DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Worrell) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Atlantic Ocean — Navy Lts. Ken Hockycko and Roy Emanuel, F-14D Tomcat pilots with the Black Lions of Fighter Squadron 213, launch from the flight deck here while under way March 10, 2006. This marks the final launch of the F-14 on deployment; it will be removed from service and officially stricken from the inventory in September 2006. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Cole) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TAHOUA, Niger — Marine Gunnery Sgt Christopher Thomas from the 2nd Battalion 24th Marines in Chicago, Ill., and a Nigerien Soldier demonstration take down procedures for a group of Nigerien dignitaries here March 9, 2006, during exercise Shared Accord 2006. More than 200 Marines, Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen recently arrived in support of the exercise designed to improve the overall planning and operational capabilities of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative, a U.S. government program designed to help develop the internal security forces necessary to control borders, combat terrorism and other illegal activity. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sean Worrell) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
HOHENFELS, Germany — Soldiers march through the woods here March 8, 2006, on a mission to detain high-value targets during mission rehearsal exercise Noble Shepherd. (DoD photo by Army Spec. Billy Brothers) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TAHOUA, Niger — Marine Cpl. Rickey Smith checks his communications equipment at the city market here March 8 during exercise Shared Accord 2006. More than 200 Marines, Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen recently arrived in support of the exercise designed to improve the overall planning and operational capabilities of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative, a U.S. government program designed to help develop the internal security forces necessary to control borders, combat terrorism and other illegal activity. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sean Worrell) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
TAHOUA, Niger — Nigerien children watch as Marines from 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment pass out food to the citizens here March 8, 2006. The Marines are in Niger as part of Shared Accord 2006, a U.S. European Command exercise that brings humanitarian aid to Niger while allowing bilateral U.S. and Nigerien counterterrorism training. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Enrique Saenz) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
BAUMHOLDER, Germany — Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division load vehicles on railcars here March 7, 2006. The railhead exercise involved Soldiers loading M577 Command Posts Carriers and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. These vehicles are going to the Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, for an 11-day training event. (Army photo by Spec. Jennifer McFadden) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Army Sgt. Maria Shadrova, 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Brigade, leads the way as Senior Instructor Dmitry Miller, Russian Ground Forces, follows closely behind during a situational training exercise here March 7, 2006. (DoD photo by Paula Guzman) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
PENTAGON — Marine Gen. James Jones conducts a Pentagon news briefing here March 6, 2006, to update reporters on NATO transformation, NATO operations and U.S. European Command theater security cooperation activities. Jones is the commander of EUCOM and the supreme allied commander for NATO. (DoD photo by Helene Stikkel) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Atlantic Ocean — Sailors participate in an aircraft fire drill on the flight deck here during a general quarters drill March 4, 2006. The aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are under way conducting maritime security operations. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Randall Damm) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
STUTTGART, Germany — Navy Vice Adm. Keith Lippert, Defense Logistics Agency director, and Air Force Gen. Charles Wald, U.S. European Command deputy commander, conclude signing the first-ever performance-based agreement between the Defense Logistics Agency and a combatant command here March 2, 2006. The agreement is like a “pay for performance” system that spells out the level of service between the two organizations in support of the theater mission. (DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dale Yates) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
PENTAGON — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld welcomes Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga here March 1, 2006. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad McNeeley) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
STUTTGART, Germany — Air Force Master Sgt. Jennifer Bush receives the 2005 Headquarters U.S. European Command's Combined Federal Campaign Special Merit Award on behalf of the mobilization and Reserve component affairs directorate from Mandy Huckins, left, and Constance Baker, right, at a ceremony here March 1, 2006. Huckins is the CFC Overseas, Europe executive officer, and Baker is the director of CFC-Overseas, Europe. The Special Merit Award is the top CFC award and is given to the organization that demonstrates the greatest improvement in average monetary gifts, total contributions and participation from the previous year's campaign. (DoD photo by Delinda Hood) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...