Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader
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Insurgent soldiers in camp, Guanabacoa, Cuba
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Captured Insurgent smooth bore, Zapote
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Night Raid, US Army Photo
A U.S. Army Soldier attached to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division photographs a suspected insurgent during a night raid in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2007.
An Iraqi army soldier attached to the 2nd Iraqi Army
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Patrol, US Army Photo - A group of men in military uniforms standing n...
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Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division
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Iraqi police special weapons and tactics members find
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Fayetteville, N.C., native Col. John H. Hort, commander,
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U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 1st Battalion, Infantry
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Marines and IPs Conduct Patrol of Anah
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A farmer stoops in a field outside his Eastern Afghanistan
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aMarines from Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,
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Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd
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Cpl. David LeonCartagena, a supply warehouseman with
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Remember to 'remember them' on Memorial Day, always
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Iraqi special operations forces snipers blend into
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Willimasport, Ind., native Sgt. Thomas Marshall is
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PATROL BASE KAKAR, Helmand province, Afghanistan -
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COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan
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Lt. Bryan K. Wilson photographs Petty Officer 2nd Class
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U.S. Forces Afghanistan Deputy Commander-Support, Maj.
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The sun rises over the village of Do'ab, Panjwa'i district,
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Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a 20-year-old Indianapolis
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Lance Cpl. Joshua Smejkal (left) and Corporal Matthew
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Corporal Matthew Chen (left) and Lance Cpl. Joshua
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(From Left) Lance Cpl. Jacob S. Brehm, Staff Sgt. Peter
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Corporal Michael S. Ussery, a Rochelle, Ga., native
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Marines with Echo Company, Afghan Uniformed Police
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Corporal George W. Casey (right), a 29-year-old squad
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Lance Cpl. Jeremy Correa, infantryman, Golf Company,
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An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded
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Three Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
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The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left
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General John Allen, commander of the International
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‘RPG’ shoots down Santa?
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Coalition security force members review manifest before
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Afghan security force member scans his sector during
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An Afghan coalition security force member searches
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An Afghan and coalition security force await departure
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An Afghan and coalition security force wait to depart
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An Afghan coalition security force member provide security
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Afghan and coalition security force members maneuver
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A coalition security force member stays vigilant during
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An Afghan and coalition security force scans the night
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Generation at War, Afghanistan
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Sarobi district Clearing Operation
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Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 1st Battalion,
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A Marine serving with India Company, 3rd Battalion,
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An Afghan National Army Special Forces soldier climbs
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Weapons Company Marines conduct security patrol in Afghanistan
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Col. Robert Whittle Jr., commander, 2nd Brigade Combat
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Melendez, corpsman,
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Midgley, a machine gunner
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A man sitting on the ground with a rifle. Fighter weapon afghani., Afg...
A soldier sits on the ground with a gun / A soldier sits on a rocky ground with a rifle public domain military photo.
A man with a gun in his hand. Army weapon afghani., Afghanistan
A man stands with his rifle in the desert / A man holds a rifle in a village public domain military photo.
JOLON, Calif. -- Sgt. 1st Class James Wardle, an Opposing
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U.S. Army Soldiers attached to the 2nd Division Military
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Iraqi army Brig. Gen. Moutaa Habeeb Jassim, commander
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An Iraqi police special weapons and tactics member
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Iraqi army general, Riyadh and Ninewa province governor
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U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 1st Battalion, Infantry
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyrel Greenough, a corpsman
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Illumination flares raise as lightning and ordinance
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Marines with Consolidated Material Support Center,
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Iraqi special operations forces soldiers prepare for
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Sgt. Thomas Marshall, a light armored vehicle mechanic
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PATROL BASE KAKAR, Helmand province, Afghanistan -
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Afghan National Army Sgt. Sadiq Yar ties an Afghanistan
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U.S. Forces Afghanistan service members maintain security
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Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Gul Ahmad (third from
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A compound in Do'ab, used as a checkpoint in the village,
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The sun rises over the village of Do'ab, Panjwa'i district,
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Lance Cpl. Joshua Smejkal (left) and Corporal Matthew
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Corporal Matthew Chen (left) and Lance Cpl. Joshua
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(From Left) Lance Cpl. Jacob S. Brehm, Staff Sgt. Peter
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Captain George J. Flynn III, a Woodbridge, Va., native
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Corporal Michael S. Ussery, a Rochelle, Ga., native
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Marines in the foreground use articles of clothing
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Lance Cpl. Geoffrey West, infantryman, Golf Company,
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Zafar 2, the joint operation between Afghan security
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Staff Sgt. John Wildman, a platoon sergeant with 2nd
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An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Norberto Zamora, a corpsman
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers, of Galveston,
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