Flagging flight analysts examine data feeds to determine if there are any anomalies in the collected data. They then determine whether there is a new threat in that region. The flight is part of the 453rd Electronic Warfare Squadron located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, which is part of the 53rd Wing headquartered at Eglin AFB, Fla. (Courtesy Photo)
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USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Baltic Sea — The Russian navy anti-submarine ship Severomorsk (BPK 619) sails with the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) during a joint exercise between the Russian and United States navies July 19. Mount Whitney is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sylvia Nealy)
A helicopter support team, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), attaches an M777 Lightweight Towed Howitzer to a CH-53E Super Stallion for transport from Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2010.
HSTs are tasked with assisting heavy lift operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force.
Photo by Sgt. Brandon Owen.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt Roberto Medina, left, throws a rope to Cpl. Justin Fong, right, so they can tow a downed amphibious assault vehicle during an operation off the coast of Ancon, Peru, July 8, 2010. Medina and Fong are assigned to the USS New Orleans. U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght
BUSAN, Republic of Korea (July 25, 2010) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Busan, Republic of Korea. The Republic of Korea and the United States are scheduled to conduct the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise "Invincible Spirit" in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. This is the first in a series of joint military exercises that will occur over the coming months in the East and West Seas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)
Members of the Iraqi Marine Detachment at Camp Bucca raise the Iraqi flag over the former Theater Internment Facility as part of the ceremony transferring the base to Iraqi control, July 11, 2010.
U.S. Army photo by Maj. Mark Martin.
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Children watch as U.S. and Iraqi leaders walk through the village of Al-Mujaded, Diyala province, Iraq, July 7, 2010. The leaders were there as part of the Diyala Initiative, a joint Iraqi government and U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team program helping citizens return to their homes who were displaced by terrorist activity. Joint Combat Camera Center – Iraq photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ted Green.
An Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is loaded onto a waiting C-17 Globemaster III for transport to locations in areas of higher priority, July 12, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
Approximately 70 helicopters have transitioned through JB Balad for redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler)
U.S. and Afghan forces patrol in Wardak province's Jaghato district while en route to the village of Akhtar Kheyl, Afghanistan, July 15, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest
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A North Korean soldier looks in through the window of the T2 building as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tour the demilitarized zone in South Korea, July 21, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – An Afghan Border Police officer prepares to depart Forward Operating Base Joyce as part of Operation Strong Eagle II July 18. The goal of the operation was to clear insurgents from the village of Chenar, deny them safe haven and extend the reach of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The operation took place in the Ghaki Valley in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province and involved approximately 425 Coalition Forces. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, speaks to U.S. Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, commander of U.S. Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, on board a helicopter to Camp Casey, South Korea, to speak with U.S. and Korean troops from the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team and 210 Fires Brigade, July 20, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Franklin L. "Buster" Hagenbeck, 57th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, receives the unit's colors from the academy's Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony W. Mahoney during a change-of-command ceremony at West Point, N.Y., July 19, 2010.U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
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