Polish visitors and media view the first of five refurbished C-130E Hercules military transport planes and spare parts delivered March 24 to the Polish air force at Powidz Air Base, Poland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tony Wickman)
SUEZ CANAL (March 27, 2009) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Suez Canal after five months of operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Theodore Roosevelt is headed back to its homeport of Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Suits/Released)
For the first time, F-22 Raptors and B-2 Spirits, the only stealth platforms in the Air Force's current inventory, are deployed outside the continental United States to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, showcasing the U.S. commitment to peace and stability in the region.
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U.S. Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, and members of Romania's 21st Mountain Division assess an area of land for the site survey for a location for the soon-to-be-founded Forward Operating Base Mescall, Afghanistan, March 25, 2009, near FOB Lagman, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Christopher S. Barnhart
ENTEBBE, Uganda - Ugandan and U.S. service members perform final checks on gear loaded onto a Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority rescue boat March 26, 2009 for the next day's diving operations. The dives are part of a search and recovery operation being conducted by the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and the government of Uganda. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Q. Diaz)
A small training charge is detonates as Iraqi army soldiers drive through the Improvised Explosive Device lane during reaction training to IED drills on Camp Diwaniyah, Iraq, March 24, 2009. U.S. Forces on Camp Diwaniyah over saw the training and assisted the Iraqi soldiers with their training. The small explosive is used to provide realism in the soldier's training. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Harris
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 24, 2009) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Nicoles Schulmeister, lubricates the nose gear launch assembly of catapult number three on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Nimitz is conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualification off the coast of Southern California.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Levi Slife watches the impact zone from a camouflaged position during a mortar live-fire training event with South Korea Marines in support of Exercise Foal Eagle 2009 on Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea, March 17, 2009. Slife, a scout observer, is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donminic L. Young
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. David L. Odom, commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and Abdul Majid, an Afghan National Police officer, discuss increased security measures being put in place in Delaram, Farah, Afghanistan, March 23, 2009, in response to the police station there being targeted by a vehicle-borne explosive device March 20. The Afghan National Police and Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment have partnered to route out insurgents in the Delaram area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer Philippe Chasse
A landing craft air cushion from Assault Craft Unit 4 returns to the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima after disembarking Marines and equipment assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Pacific Ocean, March 24, 2009. The USS Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann
U.S. Troopers conduct a search for unexploded ordnance and cached munitions in Taji Qada, Iraq, March 14, 2009. The troops are assigned to the 28th Infantry Division's Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Chance
Afghan children wave as U.S. Marines conduct a resupply convoy on Highway 515, from Delaram, Afghanistan, to Bakwa, Afghanistan, March 25, 2009. The Marines are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Combat Train. They drive mine-resistant, ambushed protected vehicles down this stretch of road, which once was laden with improvised explosive devices. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer Philippe Chasse
With Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building as backdrop, the drogue chute unfurls behind space shuttle Discovery completing a 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Chuck Tintera
An Air Force MQ-9 Reaper from the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron taxis for take off March 13 at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
