OUT On The Porch

December 30, 2008

Christmas Day All-Hands Call

Filed under: Deployment — OUT @ 10:15 am
BAHRAIN (Dec. 25, 2008) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs The Honorable H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr. speaks to Sailors and Marines during a Christmas Day all-hands call aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). 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 2nd Class Michael Starkey (Released)

BAHRAIN (Dec. 25, 2008) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs The Honorable H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr. speaks to Sailors and Marines during a Christmas Day all-hands call aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). 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 2nd Class Michael Starkey (Released)

Welcome Mat Is Out For This Visitor

Filed under: Persian Gulf — OUT @ 10:01 am

Welcome Mat Is Out For This Visitor

PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 24, 2008) A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 prepares to embark aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17).

San Antonio 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 3rd Class Brian Goodwin (Released)

Buddy System

Filed under: Training — OUT @ 9:20 am

Buddy System

Air Force basic trainees inspect each other’s body armor during the five-day deployment exercise known as the Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills and Training, or BEAST, which kicked off on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 15, 2008.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios

See the Photo Essay here.

The Call

Filed under: Honor,Surprise — OUT @ 9:16 am
Senior Airman Dan Gutowski talks on the phone with President George W. Bush Christmas eve. Airman Gutowski was one of nine servicemembers in the area of responsibility to receive the honor. Airman Gutowski is a 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Senior Airman Dan Gutowski talks on the phone with President George W. Bush Christmas eve. Airman Gutowski was one of nine servicemembers in the area of responsibility to receive the honor. Airman Gutowski is a 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Aden Street Reopens In Adhamiyah

Filed under: Iraq — OUT @ 9:05 am

Aden Street Reopens In Adhamiyah

A car passes through the gate marking the entrance to the Shalal Market following a grand reopening ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 21.

Aden Street, which the market surrounds, was closed to vehicular traffic in 2007 following a string of deadly car bombings.

Photo: Scott Flenner, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs

Prowler Returns

Filed under: Deployment — OUT @ 9:01 am
GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 28, 2008) An E/A-6B Prowler lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are conducting operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antwjuan Richards-Jamison (Released)

GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 28, 2008) An E/A-6B Prowler lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are conducting operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antwjuan Richards-Jamison (Released)

Diwaniyah Meeting

Filed under: End Game,Iraq — OUT @ 8:46 am

Diwaniyah Meeting

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mike Ferriter, deputy commander, Multinational Corps Iraq, shakes hands with an Iraqi sheik after a meeting, Dec. 24, 2008, on Camp Diwaniyah, Iraq, to discuss plans to turn oversight of the Sons of Iraq citizens’ security group over to the Iraqi government.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Harris

Holiday Homecoming

Filed under: Home — OUT @ 8:34 am

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The USS Boise submarine returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., at the end of a six-month deployment, Dec. 23, 2008.

While deployed, the USS Boise participated in five anti-submarine warfare exercises with several European allies.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Todd A. Schaffe

December 29, 2008

Boys From Company A

Filed under: Defining Moment,Iraq — OUT @ 4:53 pm

Boys From Company A
U.S. Army soldiers pose for a group photo on the second floor of one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces on The Makhul, mountains in Bayji, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2008.

The soldiers are assigned to 25th Infantry Division’s Company A, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kani Ronningen

Chuuk Supplies

Filed under: Humanitarian,Pacific — OUT @ 4:42 pm

Chuuk Supplies

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Gore and Airman 1st Class Dustin Deveaux push out a pallet of donated goods from a C-130 Hercules over the Pacific islands of Chuuk, Dec. 19, 2008.

Gore and Deveaux, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, continue the Air Force tradition of delivering supplies to remote islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk and Pohnpei.

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

Precision At Its Finest

Filed under: A Thousand Words — OUT @ 7:40 am
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team from Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., performs Dec. 18 at the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va. The drill team's mission is to recruit, retain and inspire men and women across the globe for the Air Force. (Defense Department photo/Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day)

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team from Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., performs Dec. 18 at the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va. The drill team's mission is to recruit, retain and inspire men and women across the globe for the Air Force. (Defense Department photo/Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day)

Silent Night

Filed under: Alaska — OUT @ 7:22 am

Silent Night

Master Sgt. Jorge Orama checks a C-5M Super Galaxy engine for leaks at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Dec. 14 after the aircraft sat outside in temperatures as low as minus-25 degrees during a cold weather test.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder)

December 28, 2008

Expanding Beekeeping In Konar Province

Filed under: Afghanistan — OUT @ 8:51 am

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An Afghan Department of Agriculture advisor demonstrates the techniques necessary to managing bee colonies.

Read the story here.

December 27, 2008

Dear Soldier

Filed under: Iraq — OUT @ 5:25 pm
Soldiers on Camp Liberty, Iraq, displayed this letter of thanks from a child at Grenada Elementary School in Mississippi on the wall of the Forward Support Company Tactical Operations Center in the motor pool on Camp Liberty, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2008.

Soldiers on Camp Liberty, Iraq, displayed this letter of thanks from a child at Grenada Elementary School in Mississippi on the wall of the Forward Support Company Tactical Operations Center in the motor pool on Camp Liberty, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2008.

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