SEA OF JAPAN (Nov. 5, 2009) Flight deck Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) prepare to move a Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during flight operations. Harpers Ferry is part of the Denver Amphibious Ready Group participating in the annual bilateral Korean Integrated Training Program exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl/Released)
U.S. Marines unload assault vehicles from a landing craft air cushion embarked on amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry during a beach assault rehearsal on Hwajinri Beach, Pohang, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2009. The Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Harpers Ferry, and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting the annual bilateral Korean Integrated Training Program. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
U.S. Ambassador to Israel James B. Cunningham, right, meets with Rear Adm. John M. Richardson, the commander of the joint task force for Juniper Cobra 2010 (JC 10) and deputy commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, in Hatzor, Israel, Nov. 3, 2009.
While on Hatzor Air Base, Cunningham also met with senior Israeli and U.S. military officials and toured JC 10 camp sites.
JC, held every two years, is the fifth iteration of its kind with this year?s focus on testing the active missile-defense capabilities of both U.S. and Israeli armed forces.
(DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kristopher Regan, U.S. Navy/Released)
5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 6, 2009) An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to take off from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The aircraft were flown to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, where they will be transferred to VMM-261 and used to support the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. This is the first time the aircraft will be used in Afghanistan. The 22nd MEU is serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kiona Miller/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2009) The German navy frigate Hessen (F221) pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) for a refueling at sea. This is the first time Dwight D. Eisenhower has provided fuel for a German ship. Dwight D. Eisenhower is conducting a three-week Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for its upcoming 2010 deployment. COMPTUEX is a training exercise along the East Coast from Virginia to Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina K. Wollman/Released)
BUCHANAN, Liberia - U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steve McIntyre, Africa Partnership Station (APS) platform HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801) hydrographic officer, monitors survey data collected during the hydrographic survey of the Buchanan port November 3, 2009. This survey, along with surveys conducted in Greenville and Monrovia, produce data necessary to generate up-to-date navigational charts to make the ports more accessible to commercial maritime traffic and contribute to economic development and maritime safety. APS began as a U.S. initiative under U.S. Naval Forces Africa, the Navy component of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Travis Clem)
Army Pfc. Adam Britt prepares to leave the mock Iraqi town of Medina Wasl during 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division's recent training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jared S. Eastman.
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U.S. Marine Capt. Ryan Malloney, center, speaks with a village elder during a patrol across the Depak Valley, Afghanistan, with Afghan national army soldiers and U.S. Army soldiers, Oct. 30, 2009. Malloney is assigned to the Embedded Training Team 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade
HONG KONG (Nov. 3, 2009) Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship gets underway in Kowloon Bay following its first port visit to Hong Kong. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mike Mulcare/Released)
Army Sgt. Nic Light and Army Spc. Andrew Carpenter, both with Headquarters Support Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, with the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, inspect a truck on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andy Mehler)
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SEA OF JAPAN (Nov. 4, 2009) An amphibious assault vehicle from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) returns to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) after participating in a beach landing exercise. Denver is the lead ship of the Denver Amphibious Ready Group participating in the annual bilateral Korean Integrated Training Program (KITP) exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Andrew Smith/Released)
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lendon Poyser repairs a leaking fire main pump aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 2, 2009. Nassau is participating in a training exercise from Virginia to Florida. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Pankau
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, vice commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, talks with junior officers aboard the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ship Zhoushan (FFG 537) in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 1, 2009. Sanders and other service members from Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 are visiting the Chinese TF-529 counter piracy flagship to discuss counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and cooperation between the two task forces. (DoD photo courtesy of U.S. Navy/Released)
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