U.S. soldiers dismount a Stryker armored vehicle near the village of Zakuzi in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2009. Company C is conducting counterinsurgency operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company C, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 6, 2009)
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Eric Nobriga, assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, participates in a security patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 conducting counterinsurgency operations with Afghan national security forces in Southern Afghanistan.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz/Released)
GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 12, 2009) Two MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to the Wildcards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 transfers supplies from the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10) during a replenishment at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as the guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) cruises into position. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Phillip Wagner Jr./Released)
U.S. sailors scrub down the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 20, 2009. The Stennis is returning to homeport in San Diego after completing a sustainment exercise off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate
The E-4B is the national airborne operations center based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and supports the president, secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The alert crew is composed of 21 joint-service battle staff personnel along with an Air Force aircrew, maintenance, security and communications personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)
CHINHAE, U.S. 7th Fleet (Nov. 21, 2009) - Mine counter-measures ships USS Guardian (MCM 5) and USS Patriot (MCM 7) are moored in the port of Chinhae for Exercise Clear Horizon. Clear Horizon, an annual exercise conducted with the Republic of Korea Navy, is one of the largest, international, mine counter-measures exercises in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin)
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 24, 2009) Chief Mass Communication Specialist Palmer Pinckney makes updates to the official U.S. 7th Fleet Facebook social media site. U.S. 7th Fleet began using social media in the Spring of 2009 to promote interaction with the people who have an interest in the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory Mitchell/Released)
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Capt. Bryon Webb performs a post flight check on a C-17A Globemaster III after a local training mission at Charleston Air Force Base S.C., Nov. 13, 2009. Captain Webb is a pilot assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)
An Afghan man and boy travel the streets while U.S. Army soldiers conduct a patrol in Arghandab, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to 2nd Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II
A line of C-130 Hercules taxi during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise on Nov. 18, 2009, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Approximately 40 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-130s from Air Force bases around the U. S. flew about 400 Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., for airdrops on the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Rubi)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matt Leahart washes his clothes in an ammunition can on Combat Outpost Munoz in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2009. Leahart is assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
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BEAUFORT SEA (Nov. 20, 2009) An international research expedition being conducted in the Beaufort Sea aboard the Coast Guard heavy icebreaker ship Polar Sea (WAGB 11) organized and led Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)‚ Marine Biogeochemistry section. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released)
The forward gun mount aboard the USS Pinkney is illuminated at night while the ship supports maritime security operations off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 3, 2009. The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James Gose
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