OUT On The Porch

January 28, 2010

Aviation Concentration

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Petersik performs routine maintenance on a SH-60F helicopter in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 24, 2010. Petersik is an aviation structural mechanic. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bradley Evans

Air Terminal at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Supports Haiti Relief Effort

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 24, 2010) A Boeing 747 contracted by the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command, lands at the Guantanamo Bay airfield with humanitarian supplies. The humanitarian supplies are part of Operation Unified Response, a joint operation providing humanitarian assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bill Mesta/Released)

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Turkish Troops Train Afghan Forces In Kabul

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army personnel receive technical training on night vision goggles and thermal cameras by a Turkish officer at Camp Dogan, Jan. 26

Damaged Pier Inspection

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 25, 2010) Navy Diver 1st Class John Neal, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2,inspects a damaged pier. Military engineers are conducting salvage and repair operations in the main seaport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Lussier/Released)

Ramstein Forces Practice Air Insertion

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Staff Sgt. Dave Edward, with the 435th Security Forces Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, maneuvers towards a rally point at nearby Bitburg Airport Jan. 25, 2010, in preparation of Ramstein's operational readiness inspection in September. The unit is setting up bare-base operations as part of the dual-wing operational readiness exercise with the 86th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong)

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Parking On The Ramp

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A pilot assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis his F-15E Strike Eagle to a parking place on the close air support ramp at Bagram Airfield, Jan. 24, 2010. The 494th EFS is deployed from the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Staff Sgt. Richard Williams)

Mountain Maneuver

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U.S. Special Forces dismount from a U. S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while executing a pinnacle landing on a mountain peak to disrupt insurgent communications in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. The Black Hawk crew is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aubree Clute

January 27, 2010

Meals, Water Delivered For Haiti Relief

Staff Sgt. Matthew Shields, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., awaits the green light during an air delivery mission over Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response Jan. 21, 2010. The crew delivered 40 container delivery system bundles totaling 67,800 pounds of Meals, Ready to Eat and bottled water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

Squadron goes to South Korea

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About 300 Airmen with the 391st Fighter Squadron wait to board the commercial transport aircraft for deployment to South Korea, Jan. 18, 2010, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The deployed Airmen will work alongside alliance partners to maintain peace and stability in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Renishia Richardson)

Sky View

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U.S. Army Spc. Kayla Moore covers her sector in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while traveling from Forward Operating Base Lightning to Contingency Operating Base Ajiristan, Afghanistan Jan. 20, 2010. Moore is a Black Hawk Crew Chief assigned to the Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Laura Goodgame

Village Lights

As seen through a night vision device, the village of Kadanak, Afghanistan, celebrates the completion of an electrification project to wire the community by turning on the lights, Jan. 13, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Tracy DeMarco

Eisenhower Relieves Nimitz

Filed under: U.S. 5th Fleet,U.S. 6th Fleet — OUT @ 11:24 am

RED SEA (Jan. 25, 2010) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 catapults off the flight deck of the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed as part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad R. Erdmann/Released)

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Arresting Cable Maintainance

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan--U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Melissa Gillett (near), and Staff Sgt. Eric Austin, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, maintain an arresting cable at Bagram Airfield, Jan. 15, 2010. Gillett is from Duluth, Minn., and Austin is from Superior, Wis., both are members of the Minnesota National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Bataan’s First ‘Miracle’ Patient In Haiti Returns Home

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Official U.S. Navy file photo:

Religious Programs Specialist 1st Class Lunar Odhiambo comforts Wilson Siere, Bataan’s first medical evaluation.

The young child was reunited Jan. 25 with his family in Haiti.

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