A crowd gathers at Camp Victory, Iraq, March 25, 2010, for the graduation of the first class of Iraqi air force meteorology officers. The graduates will be sent to different locations throughout Iraq for 30 days of on-the-job training. Once the training is complete, some of the weather advisory officers will become instructors while others will begin their weather advisory mission for the Iraqi military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Trish Bunting)
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., flies along the coast of Florida March 25, 2010, during the first flight of an aircraft powered solely by a biomass-derived jet fuel blend. The A-10 was fueled with a 50/50 blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet and JP-8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Joy Josephson)
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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 conduct training operations to familiarize themselves with the dive equipment in the Red Sea, March 22, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ja'lon A. Rhinehart
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas J. Sapio performs maintenance on an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft at the Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, March 27, 2010. Sapio is assigned to the 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the Falcon is assigned to the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Hecht
Spc. Cristian Alfaro, Spc. Roberto Coreasarteaga, Spc. Nestor Fajota, Spc. Juan Medrano, Spc. Salvador Murilloflores, Spc. Rostom Sahakian, and Spc. Manuel Zapata, all of the California National Guard recite the citizenship oath at a Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, ceremony on March 25, 2010. (By Sgt. 1st Class Michael Hagburg, North Dakota National Guard)
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Lance Cpl. William Byrne and Cpl. David Belling, field artillery fire control men with Regimental Combat Team 3, originally stationed in Okinawa, Japan, built an Iwo Jima memorial at the RCT-3 compound to help motivate and lift the spirits of the Marines and sailors stationed here.
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Master Sgt. Chris Ringland and Afghanistan National Army Air Corps Master Sgt. Sheer Aqa Karimi congratulate each other after successfully unloading the missions cargo to its destination March 28, 2010, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Sergeant Karimi is a C-27 Spartan loadmaster, and Sergeant Ringland is a 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group standards and evaluation loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)
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Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard’s Forward Support Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion, Huron, and the 200th Engineer Company, Pierre, Detachment 1 -Chamberlain and Detachment 2 - Mobridge, work together in the effort against the flood by sandbagging around the sewage lift station, located near Waubay, S.D., March 25, 2010. (Army photo by Staff Sgt. Theanne Tangen) (RELEASED)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2010) An F/A-18 Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier during a flight demonstration for Peruvian visitors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2010) Peruvian military personnel are escorted across the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton/Released)
The crew of USS McFaul rescues Somali men and women on a drifting skiff the crew spotted during a routine patrol, March 25, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Phelps.
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Afghan Army soldiers patrol near the village of Kusheh, Afghanistan, March 24, 2010. The Afghan soldiers have been partnering with U.S. Army soldiers to help bring stability to part of Khost province. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the !st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Spencer Case
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (March 15, 2010) Information Systems Technician Seaman David Springhetti, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, sets up a rugged deployable satellite for communications during at the Battalion's combat operations center in Kandahar, Afghanistan. NMCB-133 is deployed to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan C. Delcore/Released)
U.S. President Barack Obama greets U.S. troops at a mess hall at Bagram Air Field during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, March 28, 2010. White House photo by Pete Souza
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