Staff Sgt. Edward Cunningham completes a vehicle checkout form Nov. 4, 2009, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Sergeant Cunningham is a reservist serving a deployment here with the 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael Voss)
U.S. Army Sgt. Edward Edra, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls security as joint forces conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony for a recently-completed water network project in the Mahkmur District of Iraq, Nov. 19. Photo by Spc. Ali Hargis, Joint Combat Camera Center-Iraq.
U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan and International Security Assistance Forces, watches the dipping of the NATO flag, symbolizing the activation of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan during a ceremony on Camp Eggers in Kabul, Nov. 21, 2009. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Mobley
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Halsing and Pfc. Zac Sayed prepare explosives to remove part of a wall blocking a route in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2009. The soldiers, assigned to the 62nd Engineer Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, are clearing routes across southern Afghanistan to search and remove any improvised explosive devices found along their routes. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David Hauk
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Company A, 704th Brigade Support Battalion work to free a local truck after it ran off the road and became stuck in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Oct. 2. The Soldiers were providing security for local Afghan drivers hired to deliver supplies to remote military bases serving under Task Force Mountain Warrior in eastern Afghanistan. (Photo by Spc. Eugene H. Cushing, Task Force Mountain Warrior)
Airman 1st Class Kevin Kotrola stacks mattresses at the Bishkek Center for Mental Health Oct. 31, 2009, at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Airmen stationed at the Transit Center at Manas delivered 300 mattresses and 240 bed frames to the needy hospital. Airman Kotrola is a 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance technician deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. He is originally from San Antonio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steele C. G. Britton)
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paratroopers from 3rd Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division ride in a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter from the Bermel district of the Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, Oct. 13, after completing an air-assault mission. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
Tech. Sgt. Gordon Criswell stands next to a mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle making sure it doesn't move, while the K-loader lowers it to the ground Nov. 9, 2009 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Criswell is an air transportation specialist from the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron. The M-ATV is designed to replace the up-armored Humvee in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)
Members of an Iraqi Air Force detachment stand near one of their helicopters aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009. Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Latty, 2nd Marine Logistic Group.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 8, 2009) USS George Washington (CVN 73) intercepts a Tactical Air-Launched Decoy with a NATO sea sparrow missile while conducting surface-to-air defense training. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is currently underway supporting security and stability in the Western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Rachel N. Hatch/RELEASED)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 08, 2009) - Mineman 3rd Class Tell Boyett stands aft lookout watch on the mine counter-measures ship USS Defender (MCM 2). Defender is steaming to Okinawa to participate in ANNUALEX 21G, a huge annual exercise conducted by the U.S. and Japanese Navies. Defender, home ported in San Diego, is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin)
Master Sgt Timothy Barfield, learns about the capabilities of Bulgarian training aircraft during a visit to Dolna Mitropolya Air Force Training Base, in Bulgaria Nov. 6, 2009. Sergeant Barfield is the USAFE command chief executive assistant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Gino Mattorano)
AT SEA (Nov. 9, 2009) Sailors aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) launch landing craft utility (LCU 1631), assigned to Assault Craft Unit 1, during amphibious operation. Tortuga is part of the USS Denver Amphibious Task Group, which is conducting its fall patrol in the Western Pacific Ocean along with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino/Released)
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" fly the WC-130J Hercules, similiar to this one, into the 2009 hurricane season. The planes are equipped with the Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer, which measures the wind speeds at the surface. The data collected by the Hurricane Hunters increases the accuracy of the National Hurricane Center Forecast by 30 percent. The Air Force Reserve squadron is part of the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)
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