Second Lt. Jason Adams (left), Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir civil engineer, inspects a retaining wall at Pyawusht, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, April 19.
Adams and some other PRT engineers visited five work sites and held two meetings in what Adams called a ‘successful day.’
(U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Jason Smith, PRT Panjshir Public Affairs)
Airmen arrive to participate in Exercise Cope West 2010 April 17, 2010, at Halim Air Base, Indonesia. (U.S. Air Force photo)
President Barack Obama salutes a sailor following a naturalization ceremony at the White House, April 23, 2010. During the ceremony, 24 U.S. service members took the oath of allegiance to the United States and became American citizens. U.S. Army photo by Todd Lopez
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U.S. Army Reserve soldiers stand in formation in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Building, Washington, D.C., during the fifth annual U.S. Army Reserve National Capitol Re-enlistment Ceremony, April 23, 2010. Sixty U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from across the United States took part in the event marking the U.S. Army Reserves 102nd anniversary.
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ABOARD USCGC BRISTOL BAY IN LAKE HURON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares to right the airframe of the HH-65C helicopter for its ascent to complete the final phase of the salvage operation in southern Lake Huron, April 23, 2010. Members of a salvage team from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit were aboard the Bristol Bay, working to raise an HH-65C helicopter from the air station that crashed during a night training operation near Port Huron, Mich., April 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer John Masson.
Spc. Shane Lebeouf (left), and Spc. James Lehnardt (right), both with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade, Brigade Aviation Element, monitor air status, coordinate air support, and schedule air transportation throughout the 17th FiB operational environment. Photo by Spc. Maurice Galloway.
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Indonesian airmen jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during Exercise Cope West 2010 April 21, 2010, in Indonesia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)
An Iraqi army soldier of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 15th Iraqi Army, hands out supplies to citizens of Doskushman near Kirkuk, Iraq. The 15th IA delivered these supplies with their partners, the Black Hawk Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division out of Fort Bliss, Texas, April 22. Photo by Pfc. Jessica Luhrs
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 22, 2010) Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Bruce Gomez stands watch in the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall/Released)
Cpl. Taylor Mejia, an intelligence analyst deployed to Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), aims in as she practices weapon presentation drills while training to become an augment for a female engagement team. Photo by Cpl. Ryan Rholes,
Dr. Richard R. Boone, of Wimberley, Texas, interviews local residents of the Baraki Barak District in Afghanistan's Logar province, to find out about their attitudes and daily lives, April 17. Boone is a psychologist and Department of Defense civilian deployed to Afghanistan as a member of a Human Terrain System. Boone says that by gathering this information from average people, HTS members can save lives on a civilian-oriented battlefield. Photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Reeves
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott Alarcon and Tech. Sgt. Willie Andino, both of the 386th Force Support Squadron Commando Village lodging staff, move a mattress from a storage tent April 19 at an air base in Southwest Asia.
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U.S. Air Force airmen patrol near the Tigris River on the outskirts of Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 14, 2010, to look for a weapons cache. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Venturous (WMEC-625) gets under way from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after taking on fuel and stores April 19, 2010. Venturous is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility conducting counter narcoterrorism and migrant operations. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a logistical hub for U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and Allied vessels operating in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Bill Mesta.
