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Marines in Infantry Officers Course conduct a Mountain Attack at the Bullion training area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines in Infantry Officers Course prep a mortor during a Mountain Attack at the Bullion training area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines in Infantry Officers Course providing support by fire during a Mountain Attack at the Bullion training area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines in Infantry Officers Course head to a new position in the Bullion training area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX




Marines in Infantry Officers Course transport a simulated casualty to a medical evacuation zone during a Mountain Attack at the Bullion training area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX




2nd Lt. Gregory R. Jaunal, student, Infantry Officers’ Course, fires a mortar round during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FE




2nd Lt. Ian J. Darrow, student, Infantry Officers’ Course, fires a mortar round during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX




Marines with the Infantry Officers’ Course provide suppressive fire from machine gun hill during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX




2nd Lt. John M. Steele and three other Marines, students in the Infantry Officers Course, provide rear security during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines in the Infantry Officers Course pop green smoke during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines with the Infantry Officers Course carry a simulated casualty down a steep hill during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX




2nd Lt. Devin C. Dunson, student, Infantry Officers Course, treks down his position at the top of Machine Gun hill during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines with the Infantry Officers Course carry a simulated casualty down a steep hill during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.




Marines with the Infantry Officers Course carry a simulated casualty down a steep hill during a mountain attack at the Bullion Training Area March 21, 2012. The Mountain Attack was part of their four-day culminating exercise from PALM FEX.



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U.S. Army Spc. Clark Choate, from Mansfield, Mo., assigned to 3rd Platoon Apache Company, conducts a security patrol outside the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Pfc. Nathan Jackson, an RTO from Omaha, Neb., assigned to 3rd Platoon Apache Company, conducts security patrols outside the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Pfc. Nathan Jackson (right), an RTO from Omaha, Neb., and U.S. Army Pfc. Shelby Beckworth, a native of Chino, Texas assigned as a forward observer to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, climb down a small cliff near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Pfc. Nathan Jackson (right), a native of Omaha, Neb., and RTO, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Caleb Sheffield, a native of Reno, Nev., and 3rd platoon leader, and U.S. Army Pfc. Shelby Beckworth, a forward observer who hails from Chico, Texas, all assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, climb down a small cliff near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo




U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, a native of Odessa, Texas and squad leader assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company leaps over a pola near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tyler Rux (right), a native of Newport, Wash., and a squad leader, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Addington, a team leader who hails from Thomasville, N.C., and U.S. Army Spc. Clark Choate, from Mansfield, Mo., all assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, patrol through a field near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30.




U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, a native of Odessa, Texas and squad leader assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company leaps over an irrigation canal as U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Becker, a team leader from Longwood, Fla., gives a hand near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andy Short, a native of Odessa, Texas, and squad leader assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company leaps over an irrigation canal near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Sgt. Donald Becker, a native of Longwood, Fla., and team leader assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company crosses over an irrigation canal near the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo




U.S. Army Spc. Devon Jackson (left), a native of Detroit and medic assigned to 3rd Platoon Apache Company conducts a security patrol outside the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Spc. Devon Jackson, a native of Detroit and medic assigned to 3rd Platoon Apache Company interacts with local Afghan children in the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




U.S. Army Pfc. Shelby Beckworth, a native of Chino, Texas and forward observer assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, patrols the outside of a qalat in the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.




Paratroopers of 3rd Platoon, Apache Company secure the outside of a qalat in the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo




U.S. Army Spc. Devon Jackson (left), a native of Detroit and medic assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, and U.S. Army Spc. Clark Coates, a team leader who hails from Mansfield, Mo., patrol on the outside of a qalat in the village of Gorchek during Operation Naruz (New Year), March 30. Apache Company is part of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo.


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SECFOR are responsible for ensuring the safety of everyone assigned to FOB Farah.




U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Mark Scott, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security from his battle position during an escort detail on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7




U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Mark Scott, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security from his battle position during an escort detail on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Rembrandt "Shogun" Roa, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security from his battle position on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Nelson, a squad leader for the Security Force element of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security from his battle position on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Rembrandt "Shogun" Roa, a Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pulls security from his battle position on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Spc. David, Smart, Security Force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, ground guides a security vehicle into position during an escort detail on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Mark Velasco, (left) and Pvt. Daniel Potter (center), Security Force members, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Bakke, the only female member of the Security Force element of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pull security on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Nelson, a squad leader for the Security Force element of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, points out the arrival of an expected convoy to Staff Sgt. Mark Scott on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army Cpl. Jacob Bath, a Civil Affairs member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, enjoys a cigarette during a break from a security mission on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.




U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Nelson, a squad leader for the Security Force element (right), and Army Reservist Cpl. Jacob Bath, a Civil Affairs non-commissioned officer for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, pull security on Forward Operating Base Farah, Farah province, Afghanistan, April 7.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andy Lovejoy looks over the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter's instrumentation panel during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. Lovejoy is a helicopter pilot assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.




Army Sgts. Jason Townsen and Nathan McLaughlin fly in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they participate in a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. Townsen, a flight instructor, and McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard




Army Sgt. Nathan McLaughlin flies in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as he participates in a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. McLaughlin is a standardization instructor assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard




Army Sgt's. Jason Townsen and Nathan McLaughlin fly in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they participate in a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. Townsen, a flight instructor, and McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard




Army Sgts. Jason Townsen, right, watches as Nathan McLaughlin, is lowered from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. Townsen, a flight instructor, and McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.




Army Sgt. Nathan McLaughlin, right, rescues Army Staff Sgt. Christian Larsen, posing as a lost hiker, as they are hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, and Larsen, a medic, are assigned to Company C,1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.




Army Sgts. Jason Townsen, right, and Nathan McLaughlin, center, rescues Army Staff Sgt. Christian Larsen, posing as a lost hiker, as they are hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. Townsen, a flight instructor, McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, and Larsen, a medic, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard


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Lance Cpl. Richard Deans (right) of Clayton, N.C., stares down range during a live-fire exercise. The fire team leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, was in charge of his three Marines during a company-size exercise focusing on platoon-size supported attacks.




Lance Cpl. Adam Wolfel (right) of St. Marys, Pa., yells commands during a live-fire exercise recently. The machine gun team leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, led his team through the burning fields and smoke-filled air to the end of the range.




Baton Rouge, La., native Pfc. John Mahoney stares down range alongside his squad. The machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, aided his team in conducting a company-size exercise focusing on platoon-size supported attacks.




Sergeant Luke McNally of Marlton, N.J. yells orders to his Marines during a live-fire exercise. The 27-year-old squad leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, led his squad of Marines through the burning fields and smoke-filled air to the end of the range.




Sergeant Luke McNally of Marlton, N.J., yells orders to his Marines during a live-fire exercise. The 27-year-old squad leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, led his squad of Marines through the burning fields and smoke-filled air to the end of the range.




Sergeant Luke McNally of Marlton, N.J., patrols through the brush during a live-fire exercise. The 27-year-old squad leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, led his squad of Marines through the burning fields and smoke-filled air to the end of the range.


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The Kentucky Air National Guard Base is once again serving as the launching pad for military aircraft slated to appear in this weekend's 22-annual Thunder Over Louisville air show. The schedule features more than 25 current military planes and helicopters from the U.S. Armed Services and Canadian military, as well as variety of historic war birds. Highlights include the F-22 Raptor, a B-2 Stealth Bomber and F/A-18 Hornets.




Tech. Sgt. Larry Abney, a petroleum, oil and lubricants technician from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares to refuel U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier IIs in Louisville, Ky., on April 19.




A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III makes its final approach over the Kentucky Air National Guard firehouse in Louisville, Ky., April 20, 2012.




A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thundebolt sits on the ramp at the Kentucky Air National Guard in Louisville, Ky., April 20, 2012.




A retired F4U Corsair fires up its engine on the Kentucky Air National Guard tarmac prior to practicing for the Thunder Over Louisville April 20, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.




Two U.S. Marine Corps AH-1 SuperCobras land on the airfield at the Kentucky Air National Guard in Louisville, Ky., April 20, 2012.




A retired F4U Corsair flies overhead at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base during practice for the Thunder Over Louisville air show April 20, 2012, in Louisville, Ky.




A group of U.S. Marines attends a briefing beside their AV-8B Harrier IIs at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 19, 2012.




A retired P-51 Mustang sits on the Kentucky Air National Guard ramp in Louisville, Ky., April 19, 2012.


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A US soldier from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne looks through his sights while on patrol with Afghan national Army soldiers in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 21, 2012.




A US soldier from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne sits in a field while on patrol with Afghan national Army soldiers in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 21, 2012.




U.S. soldiers from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne kneel on a poppy field while on patrol with Afghan national Army soldiers in Zharay district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 21, 2012.




Afghan girls watch as a US soldier from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne patrols in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 21, 2012.




US soldiers from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne patrol with Afghan national army soldiers in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 21, 2012

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