Fifty citizens of Afghanistan's Paktika province learn how to use tools and safety equipment issued to them at a labor workshop at Forward Operating Base Sharana. (Photo/1st Lt. Kenya Virginia Saenz)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is briefed on the order of events for a repatriation ceremony in New Delhi, India, Apr. 13, 2016 repatriating the possible remains of U.S service members recovered by the Defense More
"Red" Whittaker, leader of the Tartan Racing team, kneels next to front-mounted radar and laser sensors that this robot-driven Chevrolet Tahoe truck employs to "see" where it is going. The Tahoe was part of the More
Members of the U.S. Navy Band based out of Washington, D.C., play at the National World War II Memorial Dec. 7, during a ceremony commemorating the 1941 Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor.
Veteran John Reep discusses his Army service from 1943 to 1952 during a Sept. 11, 2010, interview at Alexandria National Cemetery, Va.
U.S. Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan R. Hoffman represents the Department of Defense at the 75th anniversary of D-Day Remembrance Ceremony, at the National World War II Memoria More
Seminole War historian Henry Sheldon points to U.S. Army positions in Florida during the early 19th century on a replica 1839 map, during a Florida National Guard visit to Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 4, 2013. Capt More
Marie Peckham, a former Marine Corps staff sergeant and World War II veteran, discusses her time in service during an interview at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2010. Peckham served in More
Polish army soldiers conduct a pass and review during a Polish Land Forces Day ceremony at Camp Echo, Iraq, Sept. 12, 2006. Polish Land Forces Day is a day in which the Polish celebrate the victory of their arm More
Army Capt. Joshua Mantz speaks with Iraqi children while on patrol near Sadr City, Iraq, about an hour before an enemy sniper attacked his unit and nearly killed Mantz, April 21, 2007. A military medical team b More
Task Force Saber Soldiers, through their humanitarian assistance program, have supplied a tent for these Afghan students and their teacher. Due to the grinding poverty in this region, very few schools have bui More
Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recite "The Pledge of Allegiance" before the 5-kilometer Army Birthday Fun Run on June 14, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq. (Photo/Sgt. N More
Master Sgt. Thomas Whiteman, Northeast Air Defense Sector Air National Guardsman, salutes as MCPL Bob Peldjak, NEADS Canadian Component, stands at attention while the Canadian national anthem is played and the More
Oshkosh, Wisc. native Spc. John Ackerman, a medic with the Civil Military Operations Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Tea More
Country music star Aaron Tippin poses with Marines serving in the global war on terrorism. The country music singer spent his third straight Thanksgiving entertaining service members serving in Iraq and Kuwait. More
The Army's 5th Signal Command has created a cyber-threat intelligence cell to detect, monitor and combat malicious digital infiltrations on military computer networks.(Photo/Sgt. Michael Taylor)
Oruzgan Provincial Governor, Gov. Assadollah Hamdan, along with an Afghan National Army commander, visited patients at the Tarin Kowt Hospital, Tarin Kowt District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 2. Durin More
Petty Officer 1st Class Reynaldo S. Datu patrols on a mountain in eastern Konar Province, Afghanistan, with his Marine embedded training team and soldiers from the 3rd Kandak (Armored), 3rd Brigade, 201st Afgha More
Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth looks down a mountain to check on his embedded training team as it makes its way to an observation point on top of a mountain from a border checkpoint several hundred meters below More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin M. May works on a character from his comic strip, Air Force Blues. May, a public affairs non-commissioned officer deployed to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, recently published a More
An RQ7B Shadow 200 is launched into the skies over the Multi-national Division Baghdad operational area at the Camp Taji, Iraq, launch and recovery site, Jan. 6. Shadows are the primary type of unmanned aerial More
Army Spc. Edward Graves, a medic with 153rd Military Police Company, Delaware National Guard, works to stabilize Mohammed Ali Abas on Jan. 7, in Arab Jabour, Iraq. Abas was injured by an improvised explosive de More
The Morgan brothers - Brad, left, and Clay – are both U.S. Army engineer officers deployed to Iraq. The brothers were able to reunite during the holidays at Forward Operating Base Delta, Iraq. (Photo/Kevin Olsen)
U.S. Army Capt. Kenneth Guglielmina, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, civil affairs team leader (right), Maj. David Underwood, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (center), and Bashir Altaie, civil More
A Dell computer corporation representative helps to present 30 wounded soldiers recovering at Carl R. Darnall Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, with laptop computers on Dec. 21, 2007. The donations were made More
The 4th Infantry Division will receive an internally mounted helmet sensor before its deployment to Iraq this fall.
Army Col. James W. Adams, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, listens to a sheik's concerns during a meeting, Jan. 4, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, while Army More
Army Spc. David Leopold, a fuel handler from Company E, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, stands guard outside a tactical operations center at Camp Taji, Iraq, during a base force protection exercise, Dec More
An artilleryman from the Afghan national army's 205th Corps fires a round from a D-30 artillery piece during an indirect-fire support mission in Qalat, Afghanistan. The D-30 is part of a three-gun battery at Fo More
An Iraqi policeman with 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, distributes water supplied by 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, to a citizen of Tameem, a village southeast of Baghdad, Jan. 5, 2008. (Photo/ More
Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Rende, a native of Ilion, N.Y., and a network controller with Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, puts together a package to send home to his family from the trail More
Afghan national army commandos apply makeshift tourniquets using cravats and a weapons magazine to demonstrate medical self aid during a Best Commando Competition on Jan. 10, 2008, at a combined military outpos More
Hussen Jowd (right), a butcher in Arab Jabour, Iraq, stands outside a new building being constructed for his business, Jan. 7, 2008. Improvements to his business are a result of the micro-grant program that pro More
Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers a question from local media during a Pentagon news briefing, Jan. 11, 2008. (Photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess)
An Afghan woman receives medicine from a coalition medic after a checkup. Afghan and coalition forces offered free medical and dental services to villagers in remote sections of the Nahr Surkh district in Afgha More
At a "town hall" meeting, Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, fields questions from members of the armed forces stationed at or deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 13, 2008. ( More
Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers and the "American Chopper" television program rides the "Patriot Chopper," a motorcycle designed by Soldiers. Episodes of "American Chopper" airing on The Learning Chan More
Iraqi workers use jackhammers to remove damaged pavement in preparation for pavement work in the Maqil neighborhood in Basra, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo)
Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Jack Tsao, associate professor of neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, in Bethesda, Md., encouraged Army Sgt. Nicholas Paupore, an outpatient at Walter Reed Ar More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Orlando Ortega, a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment technician, holds a sterilizer's door in place as fellow equipment tech Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Cummin More
Little Rock, Ark. native, Capt. John Batson, dentist, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, numbs the mouth of an Iraqi child prior to removing her tooth during a medical operation, Jan. 16, at al Swaib School. Iraq More
Capt. Paul Biving Nziengui (left), chief of Gabonese Naval Forces, thanks U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Saucedo (right) for saving the life of a Gabonese civilian on Sogara Beach, Gabon. U.S. Navy Ca More
More than 100 Army Reserve soldiers gather at the Al Faw palace at Camp Victory, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2008, to reenlist during a ceremony marking the 100th Anniversary of the Army Reserve. (U.S. Army photo/Master Sgt More
Christopher Collins (left), a retired Marine staff sergeant, oversees a section that works nonstop equipping six mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles for shipment to deployed troops. Collins described his More
Up to 300 mine resistant ambush protected vehicles roll onto a Military Sealift Command large medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship and are readied for transport within the span of eight to 10 hours, thanks to a More
Army Pfc. Jan Gaboury, an air vehicle operator with the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade, Special Troops Battalion, monitors the flight of a Shadow unmanned aircraft system. The unit has used the Shadow to More
A Black Hawk helicopter sits in a field as seen through the windshield of a second Black Hawk on a Jan. 18, 2008, mission to rescue soldiers injured in an attack. Photo/Chief Warrant Officer 2 Victoria Wade)
The shaded area of this map shows the Multi-National Division North area of responsibility in Iraq.
Workers at Force Protection Industries make Cougar H 4x4 mine resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in Ladson, S.C., Jan. 18, 2008. (Defense Dept. photo/Cherie A. Thurlby)
While on a routine meet and greet, Marines from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, came across a family with a two-year-old girl in need of heart surgery. The battalion su More
A U.S. service member helps a boy in Tikrit, Iraq, try on a new pair of shoes he received in a package from the Victory Box organization. Shoes are Victory Box's most requested item.
A U.S. service member helps a boy in Tikrit, Iraq, try on a new pair of shoes he received in a package from the Victory Box organization. Shoes are Victory Box's most requested item. (Courtesy photo/Victory Box)
Army 1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a N.Y. resident and 2nd Platoon leader in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), talks on the radio while village elders and an Afghan national police of More
Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander with Company D, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd More
An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed medicine to a young Afghan woman at a clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2008. The clinic treats more tha More
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (right), U.S. Navy hold a media availability with reporters in the Pentagon, Jan. 24, 2008. (DoD photo/ More
Dr. Joseph Bobrow, a clinical psychologist, addresses representatives of more than 100 troop-support groups on compassion fatigue, Jan. 25, 2008. Bobrow was one of several experts and officials to speak at the More
Army Capt. Alexis Perez-Cruz and Capt. Joseph Peppers, effects coordinator for the 2-69th Armor Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, survey the new Baghdad market. 2-69th Armor and the "Baghdad 2" embedded provinc More
Air Force Maj. Gen. David M. Edgington speaks with reporters in Baghdad after a press luncheon covering Operation Marne Thunderbolt, Jan. 27, 2008. Edgington is the forward coordination element between the Comb More
Motivational author and lecturer Stewart Emery addresses participants in the 3rd Annual America Supports You National Summit held at the Pentagon on Jan. 25. Emery provided each attendee a copy of his latest bo More
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addressed the nearly 200 representatives of 113 troop-support groups at the Pentagon on Jan. 25, for the third annual America Supports You Summit. Gates thanked the group fo More
Afghan national police officers at the Nangarhar Joint Provincial Coordination Center's Tactical Operations Center review information taken from emergency phone calls, Jan. 24, 2008, before dispatching appropri More
Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell provides an update briefing to media correspondents at the Pentagon on Jan. 29. (DoD photo/R. D. Ward)
Anne Miren Berry participates in a book signing for "Operation Homecoming," an anthology of essays, letters, journal entries and poems written by about 100 military family members. The book, a National Endowmen More
Army Pvt. Benjamin Raulerson, a native of Jacksonville, Ala., is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-national Division Ba More
Iraqi laborers hoist plaster equipment to the second floor in one of the buildings of the Basra children's hospital. (Photo/Mohammed Aliwi)
Army Pfcs. Tommy Chavez and Chelsea Cobb, both operating room specialists in training, practice an appendectomy with oversight from instructor Staff Sgt. Zulaika DeLeon. All operating room specialists must pass More
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and French defense minister Herve Morin (center) hold a news conference in the pentagon, Jan. 31, 2008. (Photo/Cherie A. Thurlby)
Forward observer Army Spc. Daniel L. Howes watches 81 mm and 120 mm mortar shells and 105 mm howitzer rounds explode down range during a training exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., Jan. 31. Howes is among about 3, More
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Johnson (right), a pilot with 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, gets pinned with the Distinguished Flying Cross by Army Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil, More
Stephen Jordan and his wife, Elena, spend time with their children William, front left, Zachary, back left, Samuel, back middle, and Emma at one of Believe In Tomorrow National Children's Foundation's retreat f More
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale (right) and Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum (left), chief of the National Guard Bureau hold a press conference at the Pentagon to provide their persp More
Workers hired from the Jalalabad area lay concrete on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan on Feb. 4. The contracting office overseeing military contracts in Konar, Nangarhar, Nuristan and Laghman areas tr More
Army Staff Sgt. Steve Oullette, a Fort Kent, Maine, native who serves as a tank commander with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Div More
Multi-National Corps - Iraq commander Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno speaks at the end-of-tour memorial ceremony at Al Faw Palace, in Baghdad, Feb. 1, 2008. The ceremony honored the 1,027 killed and 7,152 wou More
Residents of the Zambraniyah, Iraq, area move through a coalition checkpoint as they return to their homes. Residents fled the area in January when coalition and Iraqi forces moved in to clear out al-Qaida in I More
Citizens man a checkpoint in Khadra, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2008. Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, operationally attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st More
Army Staff Sgt. Kirk Wallace hands out toys to children in Iraq as part of Beanies for Baghdad. Since the program's start in 2003, more than 1 million stuffed toys have been given to children in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers, of 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, adds details to a painting at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. Sommers sells the paintings he creates from leftover paint and wood More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Hamblen distributes schools supplies to an Iraqi man for his younger brothers Feb. 7, 2008. The donation is part of an areawide effort near Camp Bucca, Iraq, to aid the surrounding More
Air Force Cpt. Elizabeth Barker and Tech. Sgt. Michael Statkus members of The Air Force, Joint Services Training Organization (JSTO) Team 2 provide security for their Interpreter during a training exercise cond More
A businessman from Baghdad's Adhamiya district registers during a market fair Feb. 9. (Photo/Pfc. April Campbell, USA)
Air Force Senior Airman Vanessa Velez, a convoy driver with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team, poses for a photo in front of the humvee she will be driving just before her next mission outside the wire More
Virginia Army National Guard aviators Warrant Officer Aaron Trombley (left) and Chief Warrant Officer John Anderson (center) check the location of their water drop on a Virginia wildfire Feb. 11, 2008, near Taz More
Former Army Sgt. Andy Butterworth shows the crowd at Foxy's, a local eatery on Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, he can still hit the dance floor despite having lost a leg while serving in Iraq. Butterwort More
Residents with trucks full of household goods return to Arab Jabour, Iraq, thanks to security improvements. Coalition forces and "Sons of Iraq" security groups made up of local citizens are working together to More
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway, right, discusses military issues with National Journal Magazine correspondent and author James Kitfield, center, and Timothy B. Clark, editor-in-chief of Government More
Army Spc. Isiah Soto, of the Camp Eggers Medical Platoon, salutes platoon leader 1st Lt. Brian Gomez Feb. 9, 2008, after Gomez pinned Soto and four other soldiers with Army Achievement Medals for their actions More
A Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion guard checks security inside Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Delta, Feb. 14, 2008. (Photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class William Weinert)
Defense ministers from the three Adriatic Charter nations meet with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right foreground) in the Pentagon, Feb. 19, for regional security discussions. On the far-side of the ta More
Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice Wells (right), a combat medic with Joint Forces Headquarters, demonstrates the proper technique of the head-tilt, chin-lift method of clearing an airway during More
Monica Harris poses with retired Air Force Col. Charles E. McGee, a member of the all black 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during a Feb. 21, book signing at the Pentagon.
Afghan national army Gen. Khotul addresses a women's seminar at the ANA Logistics Support Operations Center, Kabul, Feb. 21. Gen. Khotul is Afghanistan's only female general and only female paratrooper. Seated More
Kevin Pannell (left) paddles a sit-on-top kayak along side Melanie Kaplan, in the waters off of Cinnamon Bay, St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kaplan helped organize a trip to the islands for seven veterans More
Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, director of Central Intelligence Agency, draws parallels between the officers working for his organization and their families and servicemembers and their families. Both groups More
Army Pvt. Raymond Loree is the first Soldier to graduate from the Army National Guard's "Active First" program.
Squad- and team-leading tactics are taught at the Task Force Marne Noncommissioned Officer Academy. Students filling the roles of squad and team leaders discuss what to do upon seeing suspicious activity from a More
Army Sgt. Heather Slater, deployed from the 367th Military Police Company, Horsham, Pa., shows an Afghan boy at how use crayons and a coloring book, Feb. 25, at the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghani More
Indonesian Commander Boy Sahril Qamar salutes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon Gates' arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 25. Gates will meet with Indonesian leaders and give remarks at the Indonesia More
Army Lt. Gen. Carter F. Ham, the Joint Staff's director of operations, answers questions from reporters during a news briefing at the Pentagon, Feb. 25. (Photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess, USN)