U.S. Marines conduct operations during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp in Afghanistan's Helmand province, March 3, 2010. The Marines are assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez
Sailors assigned to Landing Craft Unit 1660, from Assault Craft Unit 2, embarked aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall, watch as a truck is craned onto the pier in Tema, Ghana. The truck is assigned to U.S. Marines from Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force supporting Africa Partnership Station West. Africa Partnership Station is a multinational initiative for U.S. and international partners to improve maritime safety and security on the African continent. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Stratton
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 9, 2010) Haitian-American Sailors embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) sing Ayiti Cheri (Haiti My Darling) in Creole during a remembrance ceremony for the people of Haiti. The ceremony marked the end of Comfort's support of Operation Unified Response, during which more than 1,400 nongovernmental volunteers, Sailors and civil mariners aboard the ship provided medical aid to the people of Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Edwardo Proano/Released)
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Defense Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Rahim Wardak are escorted by British Brig. Gen. Simon Levey, commanding general of the Combined Training Advisory Group, during a visit to the Combined Fielding Center at Camp Blackhorse, Afghanistan, March 10, 2010. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
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KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Air Force Lt. Cols. Thomas Goulter and Joseph Paguiligan stand ready to transfer authority of Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team while U.S. Army Army 1st Sgts. Earl Jones and Edward Kelly bear the PRT guidons here at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier, Afghanistan, March 8. French Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart oversaw the transfer, combining the traditions of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and French military during the ceremony. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michele M. Rollins, Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)
A U.S. Army soldier guards a window of a building in Baghdad, March 7, 2010. He is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Brigade, which was securing a patrol base near a voting poll during Iraqi election day. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Advin Illa-Medina
Simulated cargo is ready to be ejected from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission supporting Cope Tiger 2010 March 8, 2010, in Thailand. This year's exercise takes place primarily at Udon Thani and Korat Royal Thai Air Force Bases March 1 to 12. The C-17 is from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters provide self-aid and buddy care to injured "victims" after a simulated car accident during Operation Saber Crown 10-04 here March 1. Members of the 52nd Fighter Wing participated in the Phase II exercise to evaluate the wing's ability to survive and operate in a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nick Wilson)
A military open-bay dormitory is being moved Feb. 27, 2010, on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The dormitory, which was built in the 1940s and housed basic trainees in the '50s, '60s and '70s, will become a part of the History and Traditions Museum's enlisted heritage exhibit following renovation and restoration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates places his coin at each of the photo memorials inside the Stryker Tepee Memorial during a visit with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Lt. Gen. Miloje Miletic, Serbian chief of defense, attempts to land an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet aircraft on a flight simulator March 4 during a visit Springfield Air National Guard Base. Miletic and Hungarian Chief of Defense Gen. Lazlo Tombol visited Ohio for a trilateral conference between Ohio National Guard leaders and its two State Partnership Program partner countries. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sean Mathis)
U.S. Army Spc. Jameson Gurley, 49th Military Police Brigade, tests his laser sight prior to an election patrol in Baghdad in support of Iraqi Security Forces, March 7, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Edward Siguenza.
WASHINGTON (March 5, 2010) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West meets with Sailors before the 95th Navy Reserve Anniversary and Reenlistment ceremony at the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building. During the ceremony 95 Navy Reservists reenlisted. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)
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Iraqi Air Force Squadron-3 launched all six of its aircraft from Kirkuk Regional Air Base in support of the Iraqi national elections, March 7, 2010. This operation marked the first time the IqAF led an all-Iraqi effort in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights in support of their people. Photo by Staff Sgt. Tabitha Kuykendall, 506th Air Expeditionary Group
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