U.S. soldiers run through the snow after exiting a UH-47 Chinook helicopter as another lands in Shaykh Ali district in Afghanistan's Parwan province, Dec. 19, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Task Force Cyclone. U.S. Army photo by Spc. William Henry
Spc. Matthew Mortensen (center), of Olathe, Kan., a combat medic with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, shows high spirits with Pfc. Juan Ortega (left), of Belen, N.M., and Pfc. Jorge Cruz, of Waterbury, Conn., after he was shot in the shoulder by sniper fire while on a presence patrol in Baghdad, Dec. 10. Mortensen was sent back to the United States for rehabilitation and recuperation and anticipates returning to his platoon in Iraq in February. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ryan Nolan, 2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2009) The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit New Mexico (SSN 779) undergoes Bravo sea trials Nov. 26, 2009 in the Atlantic Ocean. The Navy took delivery of New Mexico from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding four months earlier than the contract delivery date. (Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding by Chris Oxley/Released)
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GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 27, 2009) The 5-inch/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun of the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) is fired during a training exercise. Chosin is the flagship of CTF-151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Matthew A. Hepburn/Released)
An Aghanistan man follows U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer David Zahm, front, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alex Shelton as they conduct a final inspection on a recently completed $54,000 foot bridge in the valley of Nurgal, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2009. Zahm is an engineer assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction team based in Asadabad, Afghanistan and Shelton, a PRT security forces member, is assigned to the Nevada National Guard's 1st Squadron, 221st Calvary Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Boisvert
U.S.Marines assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion work into the night to finish construction on two observation posts in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 18. The posts were placed along roads areas where improvised explosive devices have been found to maintain surveillance. U.S.Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Walter D. Marino
US Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment sling-loading a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Spc. Courtney Brown delivers one of two tractors Task Force Marne Soldiers brought to farmers in Sununi, Iraq. Photo credit Pfc. Crystal M. O'Neal
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AFGHANISTAN (Dec. 24, 2009) Petty Officer 3rd Class Luis Tun-Ake receives a surprise telephone call from President Barack Obama at Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan. Tunake is from Denver, Colorado and is serving with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Paktika Province. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards (Released)
NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 25, 2009) Landing signal officers direct an approaching aircraft for landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations on Christmas Day in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr. (Released)
U.S. Air Force Capt. Roger M. Brooks IV, from Marietta, Ga., commander of a twelve-man Joint Terminal Attack Controllers team, takes coordinates at an Afghan Border Police observation post in the mountains of the Achin District of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Dec. 20, as an ABP tower guard provides over watch.
(U.S. Army Photo/Sgt. Tracy Smith)
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GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 25, 2009) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 198) sends food and supplies to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a Christmas day connected replenishment-at-sea. Bonhomme Richard is the command platform for the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and is supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph Seavey/Released)
Airmen welcomed the first Air Force MC-12 to be based in Afghanistan Dec. 27, 2009. The aircraft brings another capability to Operation Enduring Freedom, because the MC-12 is not just an aircraft, but a complete collection, processing, analysis and dissemination system of Airmen committed to securing Afghanistan and protecting Afghan and coalition lives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)
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KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan
U.S Army Sgt. Joshua Smith (left), infantryman, and 1st Lt. Kevin Jewell, Jr., a platoon leader, both from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, clear and search the “Taliban Hotel,” a safehouse utilized by insurgent fighters infiltrating Afghanistan, Dec. 18.
The 1-40th Cav. Rgt. Soldiers partnered with the 707th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., and Afghan National Security Forces to level the safehouse.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Otero)
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