Monthly Archives: September 2009

Checkpoint North

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U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert Jernigan peers around a corner while a U.K. soldier provides security during a patrol near Checkpoint North in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2009. Jernigan and fellow Marines serve as liaisons between the U.K.’s Task Force Helmand and the Marine brigade, also known as Task Force Leatherneck. Jernigan is a team leader assigned to the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert Jernigan peers around a corner while a U.K. soldier provides security during a patrol near Checkpoint North in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2009. Jernigan and fellow Marines serve as liaisons between the U.K.’s Task Force Helmand and the Marine brigade, also known as Task Force Leatherneck. Jernigan is a team leader assigned to the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Expeditionary Brigade Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks

Dawn Duties

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Under the morning sun, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief starts to remove the fly away gear from a helicopter during a preflight inspection on Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2009. The Black Hawk crew is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's, 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski

Under the morning sun, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief starts to remove the fly away gear from a helicopter during a preflight inspection on Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2009. The Black Hawk crew is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's, 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski

AES, Marines train As One Force

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Members of the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on-load patients to a C-130J during exercise Ryukyu Warrior II Sept. 17. Personnel from the 18th AES attend the casualties en route to higher levels of care. Ryukyu Warrior II was a mass casualty evacuation exercise conducted by Marine Aircraft Group 12, with the participation of Air Force, Army, and Navy organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

Members of the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on-load patients to a C-130J during exercise Ryukyu Warrior II Sept. 17. Personnel from the 18th AES attend the casualties en route to higher levels of care. Ryukyu Warrior II was a mass casualty evacuation exercise conducted by Marine Aircraft Group 12, with the participation of Air Force, Army, and Navy organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

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Engineers Work to Replace Washed-out Bridge in Iraq

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Army 1st Lt. David Dawes shows a newly constructed bridge to Army Lt. Col. Chris Barronon on Route Arnhem near the border of Iraq’s Dhi Qar and Maysan provinces, Sept. 6, 2009. In the background is a temporary steel bridge that the concrete bridge will replace. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence

Army 1st Lt. David Dawes shows a newly constructed bridge to Army Lt. Col. Chris Barronon on Route Arnhem near the border of Iraq’s Dhi Qar and Maysan provinces, Sept. 6, 2009. In the background is a temporary steel bridge that the concrete bridge will replace. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence

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Heaves A Messaging Line

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 25, 2009) Seaman Nicholas S. Maloney heaves a messaging line to line-handlers on the pier as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) prepares to moor at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 25, 2009) Seaman Nicholas S. Maloney heaves a messaging line to line-handlers on the pier as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) prepares to moor at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl/Released)

Broken Well In Shinkowak

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Broken Well In Shinkowak

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A local village elder shows U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Malcolm, a native of Lake Charles, La., a broken well in the village of Shinkowak in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Sept. 19.

Malcolm serves as a platoon leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment.

(Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Allison, 55th Signal Company)

Gunfighter Flag Wraps Up

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An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft from the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., sits on the flightline at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Sept. 21, 2009, during Gunfighter Flag. The AWACS aircrew participated as friendly "blue air" forces during the exercise. Gunfighter Flag, which ran from Sept. 14 through 24, was Mountain Home's first large-scale, multi-national exercise which brought more than 450 personnel from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Canadian air force to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Debbie Lockhart)

An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft from the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., sits on the flightline at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Sept. 21, 2009, during Gunfighter Flag. The AWACS aircrew participated as friendly "blue air" forces during the exercise. Gunfighter Flag, which ran from Sept. 14 through 24, was Mountain Home's first large-scale, multi-national exercise which brought more than 450 personnel from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Canadian air force to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Debbie Lockhart)

Watch Work

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U.S. sailors work at their watch stations in the carrier-controlled approach center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2009. Stennis is under way conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa

U.S. sailors work at their watch stations in the carrier-controlled approach center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2009. Stennis is under way conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa

Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept 24, 2009) The guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) transits the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2. Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2 is a multi-national warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept 24, 2009) The guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) transits the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2. Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2 is a multi-national warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter/Released)

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Skibirds Prepare For Another Season On The Ice

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At the South Pole Station Antarctica, a flight engineer from the 109th Airlift Wing waits for passengers before heading north to McMurdo Station. The 109th Airlift Wing supports the National Science Foundation work in Antarctica with Operation Deep Freeze. (Photo Courtesy New York Air National Guard)

At the South Pole Station Antarctica, a flight engineer from the 109th Airlift Wing waits for passengers before heading north to McMurdo Station. The 109th Airlift Wing supports the National Science Foundation work in Antarctica with Operation Deep Freeze. (Photo Courtesy New York Air National Guard)

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Army Engineers Bring Parks To Kirkuk

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Army Col. Dan Anninos (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region District commander; Army Lt. Col. J.B. Chadwick (center), officer in charge of USACE’s Kirkuk office; and Army Maj. Edward Allen, Kirkuk deputy resident officer in charge, relax at one of the six parks under construction in Kirkuk, September 2009. U.S. Army photo by Mike Scheck.

Army Col. Dan Anninos (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region District commander; Army Lt. Col. J.B. Chadwick (center), officer in charge of USACE’s Kirkuk office; and Army Maj. Edward Allen, Kirkuk deputy resident officer in charge, relax at one of the six parks under construction in Kirkuk, September 2009. U.S. Army photo by Mike Scheck.

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Extreme Sliding

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Airman 1st Class Anna Mayerhofer slides down the tower escape chute and is helped out by members of the 509th Fire Department Sept. 22, 2009, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

People who work in the tower must train to ensure they can escape from the tower in case of an emergency.

Airman Mayerhofer is assigned to the 509th Operations Support Squadron.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Cory Todd)

Bonhomme Richard Departs On Western Pacific Deployment

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SAN DIEGO (Sept. 24, 2009) Tug boats guide the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as she turns into San Diego Bay. Bonhomme Richard and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed on a regularly scheduled western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John J. Siller/Released)

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 24, 2009) Tug boats guide the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as she turns into San Diego Bay. Bonhomme Richard and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed on a regularly scheduled western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John J. Siller/Released)

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