PAKTIKA PATROL

U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Toon provides security atop a mountain during Operation Oqab Behar VI in Paktika province, Afghanistan, May 20, 2011. Toon is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. The mission provided security along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. U.S. Army photo by Spc. George N. Hunt

MONARCH MATES

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Roy prepares to greet crew members of the Turkish navy submarine SSK Anafartalar during an underwater rescue exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, May 30, 2011. Roy is a diver assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit. Participants and observers from more than 25 countries are taking part in NATO exercise Bold Monarch 2011, the world's largest submarine rescue exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ricardo J. Reyes

RECOVERY WORK

U.S. Marines work to remove the wings of a downed French F-2000 Mirage aircraft in the Bakwa District, Regional Command West, Afghanistan, May 27, 2011. The Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, Forward, worked along with French and Italian forces to conduct an 81-mile combat logistics patrol to retrieve the French jet without incident in the Bakwa District. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Theresa Seng

PAINTERS' PATTERN

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson paint the local distribution center for the Crossroads Foundation, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit specializing in global distribution of excess goods to impoverished communities in Hong Kong, May 24, 2011. Nineteen of the Carl Vinson's sailors participated in the community service project to help with upkeep and maintenance at the 14-acre facility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans

FIRST PLACE PATCH

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Pedro Colon tries to clamp a patch on a ruptured pipe during a damage control "Olympics" competition on Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., May 26, 2011. Colon is a machinist's mate is assigned to the USS Florida's Gold crew, which took first place in the pipe-patching event. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James Kimber

TROOP TALK

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, addresses U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors on Camp Dwyer, Regimental Combat Team 1 headquarters, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. Petraeus visited Camp Dwyer to evaluate coalition progress in Southern Helmand province. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesse Stence

BAZAAR MEETING

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Coleman, left, and 1st Lt. Samuel Toso visit shop owners and villagers at the Arghandab bazaar, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. Coleman and Toso are assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Arghandab detachment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

FLEET FLAG

Service members unfurl an American flag on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during a Fleet Week New York 2011 Memorial Day ceremony in New York, May 30, 2011. Fleet Week has been New York City's celebration of the sea services since 1984 and is an opportunity for citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew R. White