Monthly Archives: February 2009

Iraqis Assume Authority Over FOB Iskan

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Iraqis Assume Authority Over FOB Iskan

Lt. Col. Mary Morehouse, deputy director of Personnel, Logistics and Resource Management for Multi-National Force – Iraq, and Ali Abd Al-Ameer Al-Yasseri, general director of operations, Ministerial Presidency, prepare to sign the official paperwork transferring the authority of Forward Operating Base Iskan to the ministry of electricity during a ceremony, Feb. 22.

The ministry of electricity will be in charge of maintaining security for the Musayyib Thermal Power Plant and its 1,600 employees located on the FOB.

CentCom photo.

Growing Vegetables In The Desert

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Growing Vegetables In The Desert

DIKHIL, Djibouti – Ahamed Kiffeh explains to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Timothy Michael how his field is capable of growing vegetables in the desert, February 20, 2009.

Michael and other members of the 775th Engineering Detachment are in the process of installing a well near Kiffeh’s village, which will provide residents with potable water, and aide in the ease of irrigation.

The 775th is deployed to Africa in support of Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph L. Swafford Jr.)

Preparing For Evening Flight Operations

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Preparing For Evening Flight Operations

GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 25, 2009) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman David Neiman, left, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Apolinar Garcia prepare to move a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during evening flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released)

Plan Review

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Plan Review

U.S. Army Capt. Megan O’Conner, a Paktia Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs team chief, reviews the plans for an addition to the new provincial prison during a visit to the site in Gardez City, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2009.

The team works with local officials to decide what potential development projects should be funded.

DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

Kyrgyz Children Thank Manas Volunteers

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Kyrgyz Children Thank Manas Volunteers

Maj. Shane Noyes and Master Sgt. John Pahukoa deliver a new generator Feb. 20 to the Vasilievka Kindergarten School in Kyrgyzstan.

Along with the new generator, volunteer Airmen recently donated a new refrigerator and stove to the school as well through donations raised by the Manas Service Organization.

Major Noyes is chief of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Plans and Programs Office deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

Sergeant Pahukoa is assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron deployed from Hurlburt Field, Fla.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)

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Nashville In Ghana

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Nashville In Ghana

Sekondi, Ghana (Feb. 20, 2009)

International partners aboard the amphibious dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13) man the rails as the ship arrives in Sekondi, Ghana.

Nashville is part of Africa Partnership Station, an international initiative developed by Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa to work cooperatively with U.S. and international partners to improve maritime safety and security for the continent of Africa.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter/Released)

Situation Display Indicator

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Situation Display Indicator

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Philip Heins, an avionics test station journeyman, 28th Maintenance Squadron, works on a situation display indicator (SDI) at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Feb. 19, 2009.

The SDI displays flight paths and other flight information.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Flynn/Released)

Under Way In The Gulf Of Oman

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Under Way In The Gulf Of Oman

An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies above guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) prior to landing on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), under way in the Gulf of Oman, Feb. 21, 2009.

The aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are conducting operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wilyanna Harper/Released)