A U.S. Army soldier looks across the Tigris River while providing security during a visit to the ancient city of Ashur, the site now known as Qalat Shergat, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2008.
The soldiers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Ashur is one of three World Heritage sites in Iraq.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
U.S. Marines assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, ride in a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter to replace the Marines of Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, in Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2008.
The Marines are supporting the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cory A. Tepfenhart
A NATO Sea Sparrow missile launches Nov. 20, 2008, during a live-fire missile exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Eisenhower is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd class Jon Dasbach
U.S. Army Sgt. James Artman sets a perimeter to provide security in the market area of Jurf Assakkar, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2008.
Artman is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division’s Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Wagner
PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 21, 2008) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Persian Gulf.
Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann/Released)
ARLINGTON (Nov. 15, 2008) Yeoman 1st Class Luis Lujan takes time to play with his son at a local park.
Lujan’s wife Monico is scheduled to deliver their third child soon, and Lujan will be one of the Navy’s first fathers to take paternity leave under the new policy authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act.
(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Karen E. Eifert/Released)
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11/12/2008 – A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron refuels a Belgian F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft over Afghanistan Nov. 12, 2008.
(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Airmen shake hands with Iraqi police prior to leaving the Al-Amil Iraqi Police Station within the Al-Baya’a community located in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2008.
The airmen are assigned to Detachment 3, 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) U.S. Navy and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircraft fly in formation over U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships during a photo exercise at the culmination of ANNUALEX 2008.
ANNUALEX is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian R. Schoeneberg/Released)
A Malian boy stops to watch incoming U.S. Air Force CV-22 Ospreys carrying Malian and Senegalese troops during an exercise near Bamako, Mali.
The exercise provides U.S. Special Operations forces the opportunity to work with African and European partner nations in the effort to build bonds of trust and confidence.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Bryan Purtell)
U.S. Air Force Sgt. Shane Kerns walks the wing of an EC-130 Compass Call aircraft while conducting a pre-flight check on an air base in Southwest Asia, Nov. 19, 2008.
Kerns is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore
A C-17 Globemaster III taxis past a group of F-16 Fighting Falcons during the Mobility Air Forces Exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 19, 2008.
The exercise tests the ability of airlift crews from 12 bases to join together at a specific time and location to drop a brigade-size force anywhere in the world.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.
CAMP BARBER, Afghanistan (Nov. 10, 2008) Hospital Corpsmen assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, prepare their field medical bags at Camp Barber. Sailors are preparing to relieve 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau/Released)
Standing by on a hill top, soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008.
The soldiers searched a small village in the valley below for improvised explosive device-making materials and facilities.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez
