NORFOLK (Jan. 27, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after an eight-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lolita Lewis.
February 3, 2012
Marines Stay Flexible During Operation Double Check
Truck Four from the mobile section with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, prepares to move from its temporary position after resting overnight. Truck Four’s crew of Marines – Cpl. John Kehoe, from Joliet, Ill.; Lance Cpl. Dakin M. Jausel, from Coulterville, Ill.; and Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Merritt, from Marshall, Minn. – are each mortarmen by trade, but have worked in a truck crew for the duration of the battalion’s deployment. Photo by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde.
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USS Makin Island Maiden Deployment
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct insertion exercises from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The 11th MEU is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Gragg.
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Shewa Village Rescue Mission Pre-Flight Briefing
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Conmy, center, conducts a pre-flight briefing with his Afghan counterparts in Fayzabad in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Jan. 24, 2012. Conmy is an Mi-17 helicopter pilot assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. American and Afghan aircrews were preparing to conduct a rescue mission to evacuate inhabitants injured by an avalanche in Shewa village. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo.
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February 2, 2012
Vinson Sailors Watch The Sunset
Sailors watch the sunset from the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell.
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Vinson Sailors Prepare For Launch Through Storm Front
ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 21, 2012) Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 for launch on the flight deck as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) passes through a storm front. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans.
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Flight Deck Firefighting Team Conduct Drills
INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2012) Members of the flight deck firefighting team conduct drills on the flight deck of the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer, part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Grant P. Ammon.
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Fort Polk Chow Time
Soldiers unload containers of hot chow from the back of a truck on at Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 22, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod.
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Badakhshan Rescue Mission
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hill, left, directs villagers to his Mi-17 helicopter in Shewa village in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Jan. 24, 2012. Hill is an Mi-17 helicopter engineer assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo.
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First All-Female-Crewed Hawkeye Combat Mission Aboard Vinson
ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 25, 2012) Pilot Lt. Ashley Ruic, left, Plane Commander Lt. Cmdr. Tara Refo, and Radar Operator Lt. j.g. Ashley Ellison, all assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, dress out in the squadron's ready room before joining two other VAW-125 officers in flying the first all-female-crewed combat mission in an E-2C Hawkeye aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans.
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February 1, 2012
New Gym To Keep Marines Fit At FOB Delaram II
The old gym on Forward Operating Base Delaram II. It consisted of four tents connected together. Marines had a hard time working out due to space constrictions and temperature extremes, The new faculties improve on both these hardships. Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm.
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Operation Double Check: Musa Qal’eh’s Security
Marines from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, wait for a multi-purpose bucket loader to finish dumping dirt into a gabion while constructing an elevated post during the opening phase of Operation Double Check, a battalion-level offensive to rid Mosulmani and other areas of southern Musa Qal’eh district of insurgents. Second Platoon is working in direct support of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, during the operation. Photo by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde.
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Helping Humanity
Pallets of supplies from a relief organization are loaded onto a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft Jan. 9, 2012, at the Minneapolis Air Reserve Station in Minnesota. The relief organization, the Denton Program, allows donors to put humanitarian supplies aboard U.S. military transport on a space-available basis. U.S. Air Force photo by Shannon McKay.
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Wild Blue Ride
Parachutists with the Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Competition Team attempt to set a three-point, 32-way college record during a jump competition Dec. 28, 2011, through Jan. 2, 2012, over Eloy, Ariz. Wings of Blue teams won multiple medals at the competition. U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Mike Love.
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