 
Cleansing waters
An Airman cleans himself off during the Air Force Pararescuemen Indoctrination Course, known as “Hell Week”, Sept. 6, 2011, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During Hell Week Airmen simulate a real-world mission involving air, ground and water survival. Airmen must complete 62 weeks of training in addition to basic military basic to become an Air Force pararescueman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
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Cleansing waters
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Posted: 9/23/2011
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Hell Week
Airmen “stack up” in a pond during the Air Force Pararescuemen Indoctrination Course Sept. 6, 2011, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the course, also known as "Hell Week", Airmen simulate a real-world mission involving air, ground and water survival. Airmen must complete 62 weeks of training in addition to basic military training to become an Air Force pararescueman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
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Hell Week
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Posted: 9/23/2011
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Taps
Master Sgt. James Crosbie plays “Taps” during the 310th Space Wing’s 9/11 memorial ceremony Sept. 9, 2011, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The ceremony was held to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks. (U. S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers)
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Taps
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Greetings in Afghanistan
Senior Airman Lauren Everett greets a group of children Sept. 12, 2011, in the Laghman province of Afghanistan. The Laghman Provincal Reconstruction Team members partnered with the security forces assistant team and the Afghan National Police on a patrol through a village. Everett is a medic with the Laghman PRT. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)
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Greetings in ...
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Embrace
The casket of Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell is embraced by one of his teammates during Harvell's funeral at Los Angeles National Cemetery Sept. 10, 2011, in California. The casket is adorned with more than 100 combat controller and pararescue metal beret emblems that were hammered in by Harvell's teammates in one final tribute. Harvell was a combat controller who died Aug. 6, 2011, when the CH-47 Chinook he was traveling in crashed in the Wardak province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Juarez)
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Embrace
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Towering above
Airman 1st Class Steve Lippitt and Master Sgt. Todd Tripplett perch on a limb of a 140-foot-tall communications tower to adjust the signal strength of a microwave antenna Sept. 13, 2011, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The microwave antenna will provide network access for State Department personnel. Lippitt and Tripplett are both technicians with the 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)
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Towering above
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Salute
Airman 1st Class Megan Kerr and Staff Sgt. Kenneth Van Winkle hoist the flag during 9/11 events Sept. 11, 2011, at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. Kerr and Van Winkle were part of an all-volunteer team that raised, lowered and folded flags for more than 150 wing members. Kerr and Van Winkle are both security force members assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
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Salute
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Blanket of freedom
A 300-foot-long American flag is unfurled on the field at Falcon Stadium during halftime activities as the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons met the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs Sept. 10, 2011, at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Horned Frogs defeated Air Force 35-19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Frag out!
Staff Sgt. Lee Elam throws a fragmentation grenade Sept. 10, 2011, at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. Elam is a vehicle operator with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)
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Frag out!
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Laying down some fire
Tech. Sgt. Sam Pastor fires an Mk48 Sept. 10, 2011, at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. Pastor is a vehicle maintainer with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)
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Laying down ...
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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Dawn's early light
Air Force advisers, maintenance contractors and Iraqi airmen conduct a foreign object debris walk in front of a line of T-6 Texan IIs Sept. 4, 2011, at Camp Speicher, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)
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Dawn's early ...
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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In the Iraqi sky
U.S. and Iraqi airmen fly in formation during one of the last training flights for the 52nd Expeditionary Flight Training Squadron and Squadron 203 Sept. 3, 2011, over Iraq. Advisers from the 52nd EFTS turned over flight training operations to the Iraqi air force Squadron 203 Sept. 5, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Placie)
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In the Iraqi sky
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Posted: 9/16/2011
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