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Fifty citizens of Afghanistan's Paktika province learn

Fifty citizens of Afghanistan's Paktika province learn

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)

"Red" Whittaker, leader of the Tartan Racing team,

"Red" Whittaker, leader of the Tartan Racing team,

"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

Concerned Iraqi Citizens Help 'Sledgehammer' Brigade Smash Cr

Concerned Iraqi Citizens Help 'Sledgehammer' Brigade Smash Cr

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

The 4th Infantry Division will receive an internally

The 4th Infantry Division will receive an internally

The 4th Infantry Division will receive an internally mounted helmet sensor before its deployment to Iraq this fall.

Face of Defense: Deployed Brothers Enjoy Holiday Reunion

Face of Defense: Deployed Brothers Enjoy Holiday Reunion

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)

Health Clinic Opens in Former Insurgent Stronghold

Health Clinic Opens in Former Insurgent Stronghold

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

Sheik Meeting Leads to Information on al-Qaida in Iraq

Sheik Meeting Leads to Information on al-Qaida in Iraq

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

America Supports You: Wounded Fort Hood Troops Receive Laptops

America Supports You: Wounded Fort Hood Troops Receive Laptops

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

An artilleryman from the Afghan national army's 205th

An artilleryman from the Afghan national army's 205th

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

Face of Defense: Biomedical Maintainers Ensure Medical Success

Face of Defense: Biomedical Maintainers Ensure Medical Success

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

Mirror Therapy Shows Promise in Amputee Treatment

Mirror Therapy Shows Promise in Amputee Treatment

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

Charleston Operations Speed MRAPs to Theater

Charleston Operations Speed MRAPs to Theater

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

Crews Brave Enemy Fire to Save Soldiers

Crews Brave Enemy Fire to Save Soldiers

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)

Army 1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a N.Y. resident and

Army 1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a N.Y. resident and

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

A U.S. service member helps a boy in Tikrit, Iraq,

A U.S. service member helps a boy in Tikrit, Iraq,

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.

Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander

Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander

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

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

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

U.S. 'Ready, Willing, Able' to Assist Pakistan, Gates Says

U.S. 'Ready, Willing, Able' to Assist Pakistan, Gates Says

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

America Supports You: Caregivers Learn About 'Compassion Fatigue'

America Supports You: Caregivers Learn About 'Compassion Fatigue'

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

Air Force General Lauds Joint 'Marne Thunderbolt' Success

Air Force General Lauds Joint 'Marne Thunderbolt' Success

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

Iraqi laborers hoist plaster equipment to the second

Iraqi laborers hoist plaster equipment to the second

Iraqi laborers hoist plaster equipment to the second floor in one of the buildings of the Basra children's hospital. (Photo/Mohammed Aliwi)

Army Staff Sgt. Steve Oullette, a Fort Kent, Maine,

Army Staff Sgt. Steve Oullette, a Fort Kent, Maine,

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

Army Staff Sgt. Kirk Wallace hands out toys to children

Army Staff Sgt. Kirk Wallace hands out toys to children

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

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers, of 376th Expeditionary

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

Iraqi Children Get Gifts From Coalition Troops, Girl Scouts

Iraqi Children Get Gifts From Coalition Troops, Girl Scouts

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

Virginia Army National Guard aviators Warrant Officer

Virginia Army National Guard aviators Warrant Officer

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

Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice

Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice

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

Navy Lt. j.g. Clint Phillips (right), an Ontario, Calif.,

Navy Lt. j.g. Clint Phillips (right), an Ontario, Calif.,

Navy Lt. j.g. Clint Phillips (right), an Ontario, Calif., native, and 1st Lt. Dale Donaldson, a Bartlesville, Okla., native, walk down the street handing out newspapers with policemen in Husseiniya, Iraq, Feb. ... More

Construction crews work to finish new single-soldier

Construction crews work to finish new single-soldier

Construction crews work to finish new single-soldier billets slated to be in the first phase of completed construction at Fort Bliss, Texas. Completion of the billets is scheduled to coincide with the phasing-i... More

Army Sgt. Dale Carson with the 76th Brigade out of

Army Sgt. Dale Carson with the 76th Brigade out of

Army Sgt. Dale Carson with the 76th Brigade out of Indianapolis, Ind., gets a wild ride from Clyde the camel March 7, 2008, on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Clyde comes to the base once a month as part of the Morale, ... More

Army Pfc. Jose Valentin guards former residents of

Army Pfc. Jose Valentin guards former residents of

Army Pfc. Jose Valentin guards former residents of Jurf as Sahkr, Iraq, just before their release from prison, March 28, 2008. Valentin is an infantryman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Brigade... More

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List,"

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List,"

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List," greets Susan Badia at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Fisher House III on April 3, 2008. Badia, her daughter, Kylee Ray, and her husband, Army Sgt. Jac... More

Last Colorado Air Guard MIA Laid to Rest in Arlington Cemetery

Last Colorado Air Guard MIA Laid to Rest in Arlington Cemetery

Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard carry the remains of Colorado Air National Guard Maj. Perry Jefferson into the Old Chapel on Fort Myer, Va., April 3, 2008, 39 years after Jefferson went missing in act... More

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with 10-year-old

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with 10-year-old

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with 10-year-old Will Bacon, right front, his brother, Jake, 9, and their mother, Christine, during an Our Military Kids reception in Washington, D.C., to honor military ... More

Family Support Network Helps Families During Marine Deployments

Family Support Network Helps Families During Marine Deployments

Carrie Heironimus (right), wife of Navy Lt. Brandon Heironimus, gets information about family-support programs at a table set up in Marine Corps Base Hawaii's base exchange from Brenda Hawkins (left) administra... More

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander, U.S. Pacific

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander, U.S. Pacific

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, reviews the honor guard of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces during a welcome ceremony on April 8 at the Ministry of Defense in Brunei. Keating met wit... More

Army Col. Laura Richardson, garrison commander for

Army Col. Laura Richardson, garrison commander for

Army Col. Laura Richardson, garrison commander for the Fort Myer military community, greets her young guests in the gym of the post's Child Development Center on April 7. The children were gathered to enjoy a p... More

Army Pfc. Shane Stuard and his wife, Hazel, enjoy Stuard's

Army Pfc. Shane Stuard and his wife, Hazel, enjoy Stuard's

Army Pfc. Shane Stuard and his wife, Hazel, enjoy Stuard's last day of rest-and-recuperation leave at the Hale Koa Hotel in Hawaii before Stuard rejoins 2nd Brigade, 1-14th Infantry in Taji, Iraq. The hotel is ... More

U.S. Army recruit Krista N. Hearne, 19, of Salisbury,

U.S. Army recruit Krista N. Hearne, 19, of Salisbury,

U.S. Army recruit Krista N. Hearne, 19, of Salisbury, Md., poses with the electronic Army enlistment contract she signed with her fingerprint as she became the first person to enlist in the U.S. military using ... More

Displayed on the screen of a laptop computer in Baghdad,

Displayed on the screen of a laptop computer in Baghdad,

Displayed on the screen of a laptop computer in Baghdad, baby Blake Lloyd, on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, "meets" his daddy for the first time. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. Kay McKinnie)

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, talks with

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, talks with

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, talks with Marian Watt of Operation Quiet Comfort on May 16, 2008. Nardelli was at the Pentagon to talk with senior defense officials regarding his company's military-su... More

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center,

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center,

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, meets U.S. Marines serving as embassy guards during a visit to Kuwait City, Kuwait, Oct. 17. DOD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

Jessica Flandro, an education services specialist at

Jessica Flandro, an education services specialist at

Jessica Flandro, an education services specialist at the Kandahar Education Center at Kandahar Airfield, reviews administrative reports in her office. Flandro graduated from Brigham Young University – Idaho, an... More

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who serves as the Kandahar international airport development adviser, checks on the progress of the entry control point and police barracks under construction at ... More

Jack Frassel, a 5th grader at Fayettevville, N.C.'s

Jack Frassel, a 5th grader at Fayettevville, N.C.'s

Jack Frassel, a 5th grader at Fayettevville, N.C.'s New Century International Elementary School, secures his seat belt on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the group's visit to Fort Bragg's Simmons Army Airf... More

The computer that "rides" in the back of the General

The computer that "rides" in the back of the General

The computer that "rides" in the back of the General Motors-donated Tahoe takes the place of human thinking to drive the truck, "Red" Whittaker, leader of the Tartan Racing team, said at the Defense Advanced Re... More

Sgt. Roholluh, from the 4th Kandak of the Afghan National

Sgt. Roholluh, from the 4th Kandak of the Afghan National

Sgt. Roholluh, from the 4th Kandak of the Afghan National Army's 205th Corps, sights a D-30 howitzer. The howitzer is part of a three-gun battery on forward operating base Wolverine, which supports Afghan Natio... More

An Afghan national policeman looks off into the distance

An Afghan national policeman looks off into the distance

An Afghan national policeman looks off into the distance during a patrol with 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), near the town of Omar in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 11.

Air Force Maj. Cliff Palmer spent Christmas Day 2006

Air Force Maj. Cliff Palmer spent Christmas Day 2006

Air Force Maj. Cliff Palmer spent Christmas Day 2006 in Baghdad helping distribute Victory Boxes for a Texas-based organization of the same name. The boxes provide children in Iraq and Afghanistan with clothing... More

A coalition forces medic assists an Afghan national

A coalition forces medic assists an Afghan national

A coalition forces medic assists an Afghan national army battalion surgeon treat a young Afghan boy at a medical clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah province, Afghanistan. Hundreds of patients come t... More

Atop a Bradley vehicle, a soldier from 6th Squadron,

Atop a Bradley vehicle, a soldier from 6th Squadron,

Atop a Bradley vehicle, a soldier from 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepares to catch a personal coin from Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander... More

Workers take a lunch break while others work at the

Workers take a lunch break while others work at the

Workers take a lunch break while others work at the Basra children's hospital, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project in Iraq's Basra province. (Photo/Mohammed Aliwi)

Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, an Easton, Pa., native

Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, an Easton, Pa., native

Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, an Easton, Pa., native who serves as platoon leader for 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, M... More

Army Spc. Jennifer Sims teaches a group of Afghans

Army Spc. Jennifer Sims teaches a group of Afghans

Army Spc. Jennifer Sims teaches a group of Afghans basic carpentry skills at Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan. (Photo/1st Lt. Kenya Virginia Saenz, USA)

Army Lt. Col. James Barker and Sara show off 'Courage,'

Army Lt. Col. James Barker and Sara show off 'Courage,'

Army Lt. Col. James Barker and Sara show off 'Courage,' the stuffed bear he gave the Iraqi girl. 'Courage' was the first toy given to a child as part of Beanies for Baghdad, a program Barker started after meeti... More

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers, of 376th Expeditionary

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers, of 376th Expeditionary

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

Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice

Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice

Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Maurice Wells, a combat medic with Joint Forces Headquarters, shows his student how to find the carotid artery during a first aid class given to Logar province Afghan ... More

A policeman looks behind him to see Army Staff Sgt.

A policeman looks behind him to see Army Staff Sgt.

A policeman looks behind him to see Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Gomez, a Sacramento, Calif., native, interacting with local children during a joint patrol with Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers in Husseiniya... More

Construction for billets for troops begins at Biggs

Construction for billets for troops begins at Biggs

Construction for billets for troops begins at Biggs Army Air Field, at Fort Bliss, Texas. (Photo/Maj. Deanna Bague)

Troops on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, who were waiting for

Troops on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, who were waiting for

Troops on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, who were waiting for Clyde the camel to give them a ride include him in a shout-out filmed by a MySpace film crew, March 7. The crew was on the base to talk with service members... More

Airman 1st Class Joshua Weston spots while Navy Seabees

Airman 1st Class Joshua Weston spots while Navy Seabees

Airman 1st Class Joshua Weston spots while Navy Seabees unload a water-well drilling rig from a C-17 Globemaster III that was transported, along with 20 Navy Seabees, to Nairobi, Kenya, from Camp Lemonier, Djib... More

Army Capt. Eric Tisland and Sheikh Sabah al-Janabi

Army Capt. Eric Tisland and Sheikh Sabah al-Janabi

Army Capt. Eric Tisland and Sheikh Sabah al-Janabi greet former residents of Jurf as Sahkr, Iraq, upon their release from prison March 28, 2008. Tisland is commander of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 4... More

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List,"

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List,"

Comedian Kathy Griffin, star of "My Life on the D List," talks with Army Cpl. Joseph McCauley on April 3, 2008. McCauley is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from a traumatic brain injury he suffere... More

Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense

Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense

Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for internal communications and public liaison, greets children gathered for a performance by members of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on April ... More

Army Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army

Army Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army

Army Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, gives 9-year-old Jake Bacon, center, and his brother, Will, 10, the hug their father couldn't as he applauds their service as military childre... More

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating met with Bruneian Crown

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating met with Bruneian Crown

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating met with Bruneian Crown Prince Haji al-Muhtadee Billah on April 8 during his first trip to Brunei as the commander of U.S. Pacific Command. Keating discussed military relations, reg... More

Army Staff Sgt. Erik Lloyd's face is displayed through

Army Staff Sgt. Erik Lloyd's face is displayed through

Army Staff Sgt. Erik Lloyd's face is displayed through an RP-7 robot at Brook Army Medical Center on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as he interacts with his wife and newborn son from Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Cheryl Harrison)

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, writes a message

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, writes a message

Bob Nardelli, Chrysler chairman and CEO, writes a message of support to the troops while visiting with representatives of Operation from the Heart on May 16,2008. Nardelli was at the Pentagon to talk with senio... More

Senior staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait

Senior staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait

Senior staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait pose with the Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, following an update on current U.S.-Kuwaiti relations in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Oct. 17. DOD pho... More

Jessica Flandro, right, an education services specialist

Jessica Flandro, right, an education services specialist

Jessica Flandro, right, an education services specialist at the Kandahar Education Center, Kandahar Airfield, reviews the fall schedule for on-site classes with her coworker, Jon Gamero. Flandro graduated from... More

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (left), the Afghan Hand who serves

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (left), the Afghan Hand who serves

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (left), the Afghan Hand who serves as the KIA development adviser and Ahmadullah Faizi, the director of the Kandahar International Airport, discuss the construction progress of an improved... More

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, hosted 4th and 5th grade students from New Century International Elementary School at Fort Bragg's Simmons Army Airfield Ap... More

Defense Department employees check out six robot-driven

Defense Department employees check out six robot-driven

Defense Department employees check out six robot-driven vehicles in the Pentagon's center courtyard as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's autonomous vehicle exhibit on April 11.

Army Sgt. 1st Class David Trice, of the 4-2 Embedded

Army Sgt. 1st Class David Trice, of the 4-2 Embedded

Army Sgt. 1st Class David Trice, of the 4-2 Embedded Training Team, gives Capt. Arzee Hussein, of the Afghan national army, "thumbs-up" after Hussein's unit successfully test-fired one of its D-30 howitzers. Tr... More

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch (right center), commander of

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch (right center), commander of

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch (right center), commander of Multi-National Division - Center, addresses troops from 535th Equipment Support Company, 479th Engineer Battalion at Combat Outpost Meade, Jan. 16, 2008. Constr... More

An Afghan national police officer collects information

An Afghan national police officer collects information

An Afghan national police officer collects information from villagers outside a medical clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah province, Afghanistan. Twice a week the clinic opens its doors to the peopl... More

Army Spc. Angel Camacho, 585th Engineer Company, part

Army Spc. Angel Camacho, 585th Engineer Company, part

Army Spc. Angel Camacho, 585th Engineer Company, part of Task Force Pacemaker out of Fort Lewis, Wash., guides a man from Afghanistan's Paktika province as he nails the roof in place for a tool shed during a la... More

A painting by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers,

A painting by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers,

A painting by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Sommers, of 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Sommers sells the paintings he creates from leftover paint and wood scraps and donates the proceeds to a local ... More

Iraqi children proudly show the stuffed toys they received

Iraqi children proudly show the stuffed toys they received

Iraqi children proudly show the stuffed toys they received through Beanies for Baghdad. The program, started in 2003 by a soldier deployed to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom, has sent more than 1 million toys ... More

New York Army National Guard Spc. Richard L. Bacher,

New York Army National Guard Spc. Richard L. Bacher,

New York Army National Guard Spc. Richard L. Bacher, a medic with 1st Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, helps a student find his radial pulse during a first aid class given to Logar province Afghan national p... More

A policeman passes out the "Baghdad Now" newspaper

A policeman passes out the "Baghdad Now" newspaper

A policeman passes out the "Baghdad Now" newspaper while conducting a joint patrol with soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th I... More

Construction of tactical equipment maintenance and

Construction of tactical equipment maintenance and

Construction of tactical equipment maintenance and company operations facilities for 1st Brigade Combat Team complex begins at Biggs Army Airfield, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The construction will accommodate the in... More

Troops look on as one of their comrades finishes her

Troops look on as one of their comrades finishes her

Troops look on as one of their comrades finishes her brief ride on Clyde the camel at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 7, 2008. They were waiting patiently for their turn to either guide the camel around the empty ... More

Senior Airman William Graham, right, and Airman 1st

Senior Airman William Graham, right, and Airman 1st

Senior Airman William Graham, right, and Airman 1st Class Joshua Weston speak with Kenyan Army Senior Sgt. Kim Nyota after transporting and unloading two vehicles and more than 100,000 pounds of water-well dril... More

Army Capt. Eric Tisland greets former residents of

Army Capt. Eric Tisland greets former residents of

Army Capt. Eric Tisland greets former residents of Jurf as Sahkr, Iraq, upon their release from prison March 28, 2008. Tisland is commander of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3r... More

Jim Weiskopf, executive vice president of communications

Jim Weiskopf, executive vice president of communications

Jim Weiskopf, executive vice president of communications for Fisher House Foundation, gives comedian Kathy Griffin a brief history of the foundation during her visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit ... More

Gail Kruzel, left, and Linda Davidson, second from

Gail Kruzel, left, and Linda Davidson, second from

Gail Kruzel, left, and Linda Davidson, second from left, co-founders of Our Military Kids, applaud as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates concludes his remarks at a reception in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2008... More

Lily Holt (left) and Gabrielle Gilbert (right) watch

Lily Holt (left) and Gabrielle Gilbert (right) watch

Lily Holt (left) and Gabrielle Gilbert (right) watch Terence Murchison play with his "America Supports You" sticker on April 7. The two-year-olds classmates at the Fort Myer Child Development Center and attende... More

Guests at the Hale Koa Hotel walk through tropical

Guests at the Hale Koa Hotel walk through tropical

Guests at the Hale Koa Hotel walk through tropical foliage leading to one of the roomiest stretches of world-famous Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center,

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center,

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, center, greets Kuwait troops as he arrives at al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, Oct. 17. The deputy defense secretary spoke to nearly 100 troops serving with Marine Aircraft ... More

Sgt. Sharmella Andrews, the logistics and supply

Sgt. Sharmella Andrews, the logistics and supply

Sgt. Sharmella Andrews, the logistics and supply noncommissioned officer in charge of Detachment 33, 335th Signal Command, Theater Provisional, of East Point, Ga., receives recognition for her hard work in brin... More

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who

Lt. Cmdr. Jared Asman (center), the Afghan Hand who serves as the Kandahar International Airport development adviser, stops and talks with members of the security group that provides security for the Kandahar I... More

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st

U.S. Army Reserve aviators with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, hosted 4th and 5th grade students from New Century International Elementary School at Fort Bragg's Simmons Army Airfield Ap... More

Ghani Abdul, an Afghan ministry of public health

Ghani Abdul, an Afghan ministry of public health

Ghani Abdul, an Afghan ministry of public health nutritionist in Farah province, logs family information of people who receive nutrition advice and supplements. The clinic treats more than 400 Afghan men, women... More

Army Pvt. Jamie Bennett, from Columbia, S.C., a heavy

Army Pvt. Jamie Bennett, from Columbia, S.C., a heavy

Army Pvt. Jamie Bennett, from Columbia, S.C., a heavy construction equipment operator with 3rd Platoon, 535th Equipment Support Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, gets a momentary promotion to two-star general ... More

Two Afghan national policemen from Logar province splint

Two Afghan national policemen from Logar province splint

Two Afghan national policemen from Logar province splint a simulated leg fracture during a first aid class Feb. 20, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. (Photo/Sgt. Matthew Clifton)

Construction of barracks and facilities for tactical

Construction of barracks and facilities for tactical

Construction of barracks and facilities for tactical equipment maintenance and company operations continues at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the incoming 1st Armored Division. (Photo/Maj. Deanna Bague)

Iraqi army soldiers in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq, greet former

Iraqi army soldiers in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq, greet former

Iraqi army soldiers in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq, greet former residents upon their release from prison March 28, 2008. Those returning to Jurf after serving their sentences swore to be responsible citizens and work ... More

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands with Gail

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands with Gail

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands with Gail Kruzel, center, and Linda Davidson. right, before addressing a crowd gathered for a reception to honor military children in Washington, D.C., April 7, 2008. Kr... More

Jeffrey Pazzantif (left center) and his classmate,

Jeffrey Pazzantif (left center) and his classmate,

Jeffrey Pazzantif (left center) and his classmate, Liam Ryan (right center) applaud the antics of the clowns performing as part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum

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