Monthly Archives: December 2008

Hands Together

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Hands Together

A Victory Base Council volunteer leads Iraqi scouts to the next event at a holiday-themed meeting of the Victory Base Council scouting program on Victory Base Complex, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2008.

The Victory Base Council is a group of volunteers who are working towards helping local Iraqis establish a scouting program of their own.

Each week, the Council gathers and leads the children through a number of events including crafts, knot tying, sports and team building events.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joy Pariante

Holiday Greeting Via AFN

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Holiday Greeting Via AFN

Lt. Gen. Gary North, U.S. Air Forces Central commander, delivers a holiday greeting thanking airmen for their service over American Forces Network radio at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2008.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffery St. Sauveur, background, introduced the commander.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse

Roof Walk

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Roof Walk

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Cambell, a rifleman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, walks on the roof of an abandoned house in the Helmand province in Afghanistan Dec. 21, 2008.

Cambell’s unit is the ground combat component of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau/Released)

Balad Loader

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Balad Loader

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zeus Lee performs an initial vehicle inspection on a 60K-loader on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2008.

Lee, a load crew team chief with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley/Released)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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IED Training

Master Sgt. John Beebe clears an improvised explosive device during training Dec. 15 at an air base in Southwest Asia.

Sergeant Beebe is the Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight chief assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron.

He is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and is deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)

Presidential Shakes

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Presidential Shakes

President George W. Bush reaches to shake as many hands as possible as he meets with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel Sunday at Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory in Baghdad, Dec, 14, 2008.

White House photo by Eric Draper

Live Fire

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Live Fire

U.S. Marines conduct live-fire training outside Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008.

The Marines are assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines .

They are the ground combat element for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau

Tug Team

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Tug Team

U.S. Navy sailors heave a mooring line aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall in Bahrain, Dec. 9, 2008.

The USS Carter Hall 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 Petty Officer 2nd Class Flordeliz Valerio

Line Charge

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Line Charge

A mine-clearing line charge explodes as U.S. Marines aboard M1A1 Abrams tanks prepare to assault through their objective during a combined arms exercise on Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 11, 2008.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. M. C. Nerl

Muddy Waters

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Muddy Waters

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christine Rivera leads fellow Marines through one of the Battle Skills Training School Endurance Course’s murky swamps on Marine Corps Base Camp LeJune, N.C., Dec. 12, 2008.

Rivera, a financial management resource analyst, is assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group Comptroller.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks

Mullen Briefed At FOB Bakwah

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Mullen Briefed At FOB Bakwah

AFGHANISTAN (Dec. 21, 2008) Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is briefed by 2nd Lt. Kenneth McKenzie, left, and Lt. Col. David Odom at Forward Operating Base Bakwah.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)

Farming Techniques

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Farming Techniques

MUEHLAH, Iraq (Dec. 18, 2008) Patrick Broyles, from the United States Department of Agriculture, talks about Iraqi farming techniques during a visit to a new irrigation project.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Wendy Wyman/Released)

Baghdad Buddies

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Baghdad Buddies

U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Adams, a dog handler, and his working dog Mattias, along with U.S. Army soldiers, Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi national police conduct a neighborhood cordon and search in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2008.

Adams is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edwin M. Bridges

Clean Water

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Clean Water

Sheik Adnon (center) and residents of Chaka 3 stand in front of the recently installed solar powered water filtration unit in Chaka 3, Lutifiyah Nahia, Dec. 16.

Soldiers from Multi-National Division- Baghdad, 1st Battalion, 63rd Combined Arms Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and residents of Chaka 3 worked to install a solar powered water filter in Chaka 3, in order to bring clean water to this rural village.

Photo: Lt. Col. Wayne Marotto, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs