Army Pvt. Daniel J. Houten, foreground, and Army Sgt. 1st Class Jerry A. Bowling fold down the armored plate protecting the engine compartment of a M106 mortar carrier at Camp J.T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark. Houten, a former M113 armored personnel carrier mechanic in the Israeli defense forces, enlisted in the Georgia Army National Guard and is in Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Kyle Key.
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Rangers rappel out the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter while participating in a combined arms live-fire exercise near Fort Stewart, Ga., on Jan. 10, 2012. The Rangers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. The exercise is conducted to evaluate and train members on de-escalation of force, reactions to enemy contact and other objectives that prepare them for forward operations. DoD photo by Staff Sgt Clay Lancaster, U.S. Air Force.
KINGS BAY, Ga. (Nov. 23, 2011) The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) arrives returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay after a three-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber.
Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airmen attached to the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron, Brunswick, GA coordinate close air support with an F-18 flying over Townsend Range on August 16, 2011 during a three day field exercise in Brunswick, GA. The exercise is the final phase of their 45 day training class "Project 175" where they will bring everything they have learned throughout the course and apply it to this scenario earning them their five level. During exercises, contingencies, or actual war, the Air Support Operations mission is to provide meteorological support and deploy with, advise, and assist the ground force commander in planning, requesting, coordinating and controlling close air support, tactical air reconnaissance, and tactical airlift.
KINGS BAY, Ga. (April 29, 2011) Seaman Andrew Burton, left, a line handler from the Blue crew of the guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728), tosses a heaving line to Sailors assigned to the Gold crew aboard Florida as the boat arrives at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. Florida returned after a 15-month deployment. Florida participated in Operation Odyssey Dawn, becoming the first guided-missile submarine to launch Tomahawk land attack missiles. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber/Released)
Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Waggoner ascends the rope during the prusik climb portion of the 2011 David E. Grange, Jr. Best Ranger Competition.
The competition is a three day event that tests the competitors physical, mental and technical abilities in a variety events.
Photo by Maj. Kamil Sztalkoper.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Slade Hall inspects the horizontal stabilizer of a C-130 Hercules during a routine inspection on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2011. Hall is deployed from the 165th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Georgia Air National Guard. Hall, a Georgia Air Guardsman, is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sheila Devera.
Jim McIlrath from Warner Robins, Ga., drives a donated fire truck into the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III guided by aircrew members from the Air Force Reserve Command's 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The 315th AW C-17 landed at Robins AFB, Ga., Dec. 30, 2010, to pick up the fire truck and medical supplies bound for Managua, Nicaragua. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexy Saltekoff)
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Senior Airman David Watson takes a moment to say goodbye to his 3-month-old son, Mikah Dec. 6, 2010, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
This is the first deployment to Afghanistan for the 820th Base Defense Group.
Airman Watson is an 822nd Base Defense Squadron fire team member.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Mancha)
A U.S. Army soldier runs to another firing position during a live-fire training exercise on Galloway Range, Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 18, 2010. The soldier is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 11 Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by John Helms.
North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers take their first steps onto U.S. soil at Indianapolis International Airport as they return from their KFOR 12 deployment, July 18.
Waiting to greet them at the bottom of the stairs is Maj. Gen. David A. Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general.
About 400 Soldiers returned to Camp Atterbury, Ind. and Fort Benning, Ga., after yearlong duty in Kosovo.
The Soldiers are participating in the demobilization process before returning home to North Dakota.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Billie Jo Lorius.
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A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, foreground, is deployed for a Global Medic 2010 training exercise on Bush Field, Ga., July 15, 2010. Air Force airmen and Army soldiers practice loading and off-loading mock casualties from the helicopter during the exercise. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Donald R. Allen
07/10/2010 – U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 67th Signal Battalion stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., board a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Sather Air Base in Iraq on July 10, 2010.
The aircraft is from the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron out of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, and deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
Charlie Company is redeploying to their home unit as part of the drawdown to 50,000 troops in Iraq by August 31, 2010.
DoD photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Jeremy Sutter, left, a crew chief from the 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Keyona McBride, an aerospace propulsion journeyman with the 75th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, take a break to rehydrate during a phase II operational readiness exercise at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., June 3, 2010. (DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Green, U.S. Air Force/Released)
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