U.S. Army Sgt. Mike Hill, Charlie Company, 1-36 Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, greets children outside a school near Mosul, Iraq, May 12, 2010. The Soldiers were there to celebrate new renovations to the school. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jillian Munyon.
Senior Airman Kristi Terwilliger (rear) and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pieta take aim during an operational readiness exercise May 12, 2010, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The Airmen are patrolmen with the 28th Security Forces Squadron there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Sanchelli)
1st Lt. Jason Brown flies a KC-10 Extender on an air refueling mission April 24, 2010, in Southwest Asia. KC-10 Extender tanker pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Lieutenant Brown is a KC-10 pilot deployed from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Arvada, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
Lt. Col. Robert Mancini looks into the mouth of an Iraqi villager during a Medical Civil Affairs Patrol in Iraq in 2005. Mancini is one of 11 Virginia Army National Guard healthcare providers, who have deployed overseas to support military operations. (Courtesy photo)
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Sgt. Andrew Bard, a team leader with a convoy escort platoon, and Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Feury, non-commissioned officer in charge of air operations, both with 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), push a bundle of simulated ammunition off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an aerial resupply exercise, May 15, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The 307th BSB provides logistical and sustainment support to 1/82 AAB. Photo by Sgt. Mike MacLeod.
KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducted a second overflight the Russian North Pole 37 research station more than 500 miles northeast of Point Barrow Saturday evening. The researchers reported they were well supplied, in no immediate distress and were preparing for the arrival of the Rossiya, an Arktika-class Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker, which was reported being only two days out. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak.
ARABIAN SEA (May 20, 2010) The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) performs a replenishment-at-sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shonna Cunningham/Released)
Flags in a row stand tall in front of their respected marker. More than 350,000 were placed in the ground during the “Flags In” ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 27, 2010. DoD photo by William D. Moss
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Schoolchildren dismissed for the day, stop to interact with a patrolling element of HHD, 97th MP Batt., May 9 in Kandahar City. Photo by Pfc. Casey Collier.
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Staff Sgt. Christopher Hinds, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, holds the leash of Ajax, 379 ESFS military working dog, while "attacking" Todd Lodwick, a visiting U.S. Olympic Ski Team medalist, during a demonstration at a non-disclosed Southwest Asia location April 9. Photo by Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund
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U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Eplee cleans his weapon at Forward Operating Base Salerno, April 30.
Eplee is a member of the security force element for the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team and is currently working as a liaison between the brigade and PRT commanders.
Paktika PRT is a joint team whose mission is to help legitimize the government of Afghanistan through development, governance and agricultural initiatives.
Eplee, a native of Greenville, S.C., is deployed from the 1/178 Field Artillery B battery, South Carolina Army National Guard.
Photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester
Soldiers with Recovery Platoon, Fox Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 'Ready First,' 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, work to recover a track recovery vehicle, during a mission near Kirkuk, Iraq, April 15. The recovery mission lasted three days with a total of six vehicles needing assistance. Photo by Pfc. Jessica Luhrs
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Staff Sgt. Gavin Ramos is video-recorded April 8, 2010, while reading a book for his children at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Ramos was the first Airman at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to participate in the USO's United Through Reading program. The program allows a deployed servicemember to read a book while being recorded, and the book and a DVD are sent home to a child to view and follow along. Sergeant Ramos is a services journeyman with the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron. He is deployed from the 154th Force Support Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alain Gbla helps direct crane operations on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 19, 2010. Gbla, a Seabee, is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, currently deployed to Afghanistan to perform general engineering, infrastructure construction and project management. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ace Rheaume
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