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Cpl. Daniel P. Hodges, 21, a team leader, assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, writes down the name of a store owner in Zuwayya, Iraq, July 20. Marines with the company performed a census patrol through the city to document where stores are located and who the owners are. At every store Marines also snapped a picture of each business and the owner.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps. Photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran)


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Sgt. Jason M. Hayes, 21, a squad leader with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, writes down the grid coordinates of a store in Zuwayya, Iraq, July 20. Marines with the company performed a census patrol through the city to collect information from shop owners. They also took the time to hand out water and candy to the children in the area.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps. Photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran)


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Lance Cpl. Daniel P. Hodges, 22, a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security for Marines questioning business owners in Zawayya, Iraq, July 20. Marines from Company L documented where every store was located, the name of the owner and what they sold. The Marines also took the opportunity to joke around with the kids in the area. They handed out water and candy to the children during the mission.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps. Photo by Cpl. Erik Villagran)


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Spc. Allen Post, a native of San Antonio, patrols through a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 17, 2008, while leaders assessed businesses that received grants to improve their stores from the government of Iraq. Post is a combat medic with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Spc. Timothy Russell, a Yardley, Pa., native, talks with children while patrolling through a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 17, 2008. Russell is a mortarman assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Staff Sgt. Chad Ryan, a Sterling, Ill., native, scans through a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 17, 2008, while assessing businesses that have received grants from the government of Iraq. Ryan is a mortar section leader with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Children swarm Spc. Timothy Russell, a Yardley, Pa., native when he tries to leave a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 17, 2008. Russell is a mortarman assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Sgt. Kyle Pflieger, a native of Racine, Wis., plays "hot hands" with an Iraqi child while on patrol through a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 17, 2008. Pflieger is a broadcast journalist assigned to Multi-National Division-Baghdad's 128th Military Public Affairs Detachment.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)

AKASHAT, Iraq (July 23, 2008) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Doug A. Augustine, a corpsman with Delta Co., 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, delivers medical supplies to be issued to more than 200 Iraqis during a cooperative medical engagement in Akashat. Medical care will be provided to more Iraqi towns with in the future. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson/Released)

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HADITHA, Iraq (July 12, 2008) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason A. Nolte, an instructor with Riverine Squadron 3, points away from the rocks as he takes some Iraqi policemen out to show them how to maneuver the six-man boat on Lake Qadisiyah near Haditha. The policemen learned the basics of patrolling on water during a 21-day training course held at Haditha Dam and Lake Qadisiyah. The course was designed to familiarize the policemen with water patrols to prepare them to take over security for Lake Qadisiyah and the dam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Torres/Released)

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GROTON, Conn. (July 23, 2008) Having joined the fleet in 1969, NR-1 is scheduled to be decommissioned after nearly 40 years of service. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 24, 2008) Sailors perform maintenance on a P-3 Orion during Rim of the Pacific (RIMAC) 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kirk Worley/Released)

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 25,2008) The former Soviet submarine Juliett 484 is surfaced after having been at the bottom of the Providence River for more than a year. U.S. Navy and Army divers, working with federal, state, and local authorities, raised the sunken former Soviet submarine at Collier Point Park in Providence, R.I. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Perez (Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 23, 2008) Aviation Ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) hook ammunition to an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 during a vertical replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE6). The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wilyanna C. Harper (Released)

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Staff Sgt. Andrew Stover inspects the AIM-120 connections on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a base-wide exercise July 21 at Osan Air Base, South Korea. Exercise scenarios test the Osan AB Airmen's ability to defend the base and conduct daily operations in a combat environment. Sergeant Stover is a 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha Croley)

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Capt. Kristin Hubbard checks the landing gear on her F-16 Fighting Falcon during a base-wide exercise July 21 at Osan Air Base, South Korea. Captain Hubbard is a 36th Fighter Squadron pilot. The operational readiness exercise tests Osan AB Airmen's ability to execute combat operations, receive follow-on forces and defend the base from attack. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)

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Senior Airman Brooke Turnipseed (left to right), Airman 1st Class Justin Campbell and Staff Sgt. Dominique Rubisch work together to download a live joint direct attack munitions from an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the base-wide exercise July 21 at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The operational readiness exercise tests the Osan AB Airmen's ability to execute combat operations, receive follow-on forces and defend the base from attack. The Airmen are all 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha Croley)

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Senior Airman Vaughn Mccallum provides defense for an aircraft preparing to take off during mobile aeromedical staging facility training at Fort Bragg's Camp Mackall, N.C., July 10. Airman Mccallum is assigned to the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jon LaDue)

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 30: A U.S soldier is seen on July 30, 2008 at the New Al Muthana Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Air Force members demonstrated their capability of the Caravan (Cessna 280) ISR aircraft and ground station. Iraqi Air Force ISR provides support to Iraqi Army and intelligence services, Counter Terrorism Bureau, Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Electricity and Directorate of Border Enforcement. Typical missions for the ISR aircraft include urban security, battle space reconnaissance and power line, oil infrastructure, and border surveillance.

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U.S. Army soldiers from Hammer company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment stands guard as Iraqi men are temporarily detained while their identities are verified in Nahr al-Imam, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

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ZANTE, Saint Kitts and Nevis (July 24, 2008) Senior Chief Diver Billy Gilbert, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, uses a pipe wrench to remove a damaged propeller on a small patrol boat while Navy Diver 3rd Class Kyle Duncan, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Expeditionary Supply Unit (ESU) 2, and a member of the Saint Kitts and Nevis coast guard watch. The Navy divers are embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) supporting Navy Diver-Global Fleet Station 2008. (US Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Andrew McKaskle/Released)

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ZANTE, Saint Kitts and Nevis (July 24, 2008) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Aaron Heldreth, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, inspects a patrol boat's propeller. (US Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Andrew McKaskle/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 23, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts rudder swing checks in the Atlantic Ocean after completing a six-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Figueroa-Medina/Released)

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Iraqi girl scouts (back) observe a female US soldier tug-of-war-team during an activity day at the pool of the US embassy, a former palace of Saddam Hussein, in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad on August 2, 2008.

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A U.S. Army soldier from Hawk Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, patrol in a village near Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008.

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Iraqi scout girls listen to the instructions of a U.S. soldier during an activity day hosted by the Green Zone Council of the Iraqi Scouts at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad August 2, 2008.

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 30, 2008) The fast-attack submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) moors in Pearl Harbor after the conclusion of Rim of the Pacific 2008. The exercise included units from the United States, Australia, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Navy photo by Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Brian J. Hudson/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 29, 2008) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Richard Slade teaches Midshipman 3rd Class Elizabeth Subjeck how to fire an M-16 rifle during small arms familiarization training during Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). Sixteen midshipmen spent 48 hours aboard Kidd learning about career options in the Surface Force. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Alexis F. Steele/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2008) Sailors prepare to launch aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) after the conclusion of Rim of the Pacific 2008. The exercise included units from the United States, Australia, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau/Released)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 30, 2008) Cmdr. Todd Siddall, commanding officer of Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit Eight (EODMU) 8, gathers his parachute after a static line parachute jump over Naval Air Station Sigonella. EODMU-8 periodically conducts parachute operations to maintain proficiency. Sigonella provides logistical support for Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and NATO forces throughout the Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian A. Goyak/Released)

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OAK HARBOR, Wash. (July 29, 2008) Capt. Brad Russell, commodore of Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet, shows a static display of an EA-18G Growler to Deputy Secretary of Defense the Honorable Gordon England, during England's visit to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. England is touring Whidbey Island as part of multiple west coast visits. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tucker M. Yates/Released)

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OAK HARBOR, Wash. (July 25, 2008) Aviation Ordnancemen from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 move an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) into position for loading onto an EA-18G Growler as they go through their aircraft weapons loading procedures during a conventional weapons technical proficiency inspection (CWTPI) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. This was the first time a CWTPI, the first of two phases deeming a squadron safe for flight on an aircraft, has been performed on a fleet EA-18G Growler. VAQ-129 received a satisfactory on their inspection, receiving an outstanding rating on 12 of 13 inspection points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tucker M. Yates/Released)

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SEATTLE (July 30, 2008) The Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) leads the parade of ships to kick off the 2008 59th annual Seattle Seafair Fleet Week. During the weeklong stay in Seattle, Sailors will get a chance to explore the local community. Navy Weeks are designed to raise awareness in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric J. Rowley/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 30, 2008) An MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 delivers ammunition to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE6). Theodore Roosevelt is conducting exercises off the Atlantic Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John M. Stratton/Released)

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SOUDA BAY, Crete (July 30, 2008) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) arrives for a routine port visit. Alexandria is on a six-month deployment in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)

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SEATTLE (July 29, 2008) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) arrives in Seattle for the 2008 Seafair Fleet Week. During the weeklong stay in Seattle, Sailors will get a chance to explore the local community. Navy Weeks are designed to raise awareness in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric J. Rowley/Released)

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The 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., created a memorial July 24 to remember the crewmembers of Raider 21, the B-52 Stratofortress that crashed near Andersen AFB, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Trina R. Jeanjacques)

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BAMAKO, Mali (July 18,2008) U.S. Navy Capt. William Oh simulates an operation on a Malian patient during a mass casualty exercise at Bamako, Mali. More than 90 service members are deployed to MEDFLAG 08, a multi-national medical training exercise designed to enhance medical capabilities and readiness for U.S. and African forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael S. Dorus/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Caitlin Davies sounds reveille July 24 during a 407th Air Expeditionary Group formation at Ali Base, Iraq. In modern times, reveille sounds in the morning, generally near sunrise, though its exact time varies from base to base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chris Griffin)

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Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford performs a pre-load check July 28 on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to ensure the cable that releases the bomb is operational. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Senior Airman Latrisha Peebles holds a Malian baby July 16 at an orphanage in Bamako, Mali. Airman Peebles is one of more than 90 servicemembers at MEDFLAG 08, a multi-national medical training exercise for U.S. and African forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Justin Weaver)

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A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster guides a 10-ton armored tractor as it unloads a new communication trailer designed to provide phone service to the entire Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group and Soldiers from the 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion joined forces to deliver two of the 66-foot, 80,000 pound trailers safely. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Airman Matthew Morris (left & top pic) and Tech. Sgt. Jared Worstell, explosive ordnance disposal Airmen with the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron at Osan Air Base, South Korea, prepare an F6A robot July 24 to remove a suspicious package at the base post office during a base-wide exercise. The robot is equipped with several television cameras for remote viewing and a dexterous arm for hazardous tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha Croley)

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Rest In Peace..:-(

Friends and family of Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez look on as his casket is carried into a funeral home in the Corona section of the Queens borough of New York Thursday, July 31, 2008. The 25-year-old was captured on May 12, 2007, during an ambush about 20 miles south of Baghdad. Two other soldiers were also kidnapped and later found dead, 19-year-old Spc. Byron Fouty of Waterford, Mich., and 20-year-old Pvt. Joseph Anzack Jr. of Torrance, Calif.

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US Army soldiers conduct a routine vehicle searches in street in Baghdad on July 31, 2008. Eleven US soldiers were killed in Iraq in July, the lowest monthly toll since the 2003 invasion, according Pentagon figures, highlighting what US commanders say is a marked drop in overall violence.

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U.S. Marines clear a room during basic urban survival training on Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, July 29, 2008. The Marines are assigned to the 8th Provisional Security Company.
(U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johansen Laurel)


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An infantryman with Company A scouts out the area around an amphibious assault vehicle. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit participated in raid courses as part of the Special Operations Training Group package.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Wayne Edmiston)


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A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Attack helicopter from the Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, prepares to land after the conclusion of a mission on Camp Taji, July 28, 2008. The Apache has been the Army's primary attack helicopter since 1984 and has seen action in Panama, the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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Spc. Benjamin Reagan, crew chief, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Avn. Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pressure washes an AH-64D Apache Attack helicopter at the brigade's airfield on Camp Taji, July 28, 2008. The Apache has been the U.S. Army's primary attack helicopter since 1984 and has been used in Panama, the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Reagan is a native of Gatesville, Texas.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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Sgt. Jason Bobowski, crew chief, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, conducts pre-flight inspections on his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prior to the start of a mission at the brigade's airfield on Camp Taji, July 28, 2008. Bobowski is a native of Tularosa, N.M.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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Starford, N.J., native Spc. Joseph Yatzor, crew chief, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, prepares a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for a mission on July 28, 2008, at the CAB's airfield on Camp Taji.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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Spc. Benjamin Reagan, crew chief, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Avn. Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pressure washes an AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter at the brigade's airfield on Camp Taji, July 28, 2008. The Apache has been the U.S. Army's primary attack helicopter since 1984 and has been used in Panama, the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Reagan is a native of Gatesville, Texas.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, prepares to take-off from the brigade's airfield on Camp Taji, July 28, 2008. The helicopter has been in service for the U.S. Army since 1979 and can perform a wide array of operations to include tactical transport of personnel and air assaults.
(Photographer: Sgt. Jason Dangel : Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)


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A military working dog team attached to Team Darkrider, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, supports policemen from 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st National Police Division, during a search mission at a suspected cache site near the Diyala River, July 21. The National Police take the lead for most combined operations in eastern Baghdad, and U.S. Forces provide special capablities, such as MWD teams. The 1st Bn., 66th Armor Regt. is part of Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and is attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
(Photographer: 1st Lt. Michael Rutecki : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)


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“Iron Knight” Soldiers from “Team Bayonet,” 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, along with policemen from 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi national police Division, conduct a combined search on a bank of the Diyala River, east of Fedaliyah in southeast Baghdad, July 21. The purpose of the mission was to identify special groups criminal caches of weapons and explosives. The 1st Bn., 66th Armor Regt. is part of Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and is attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
(Photographer: 1st Lt. Michael Rutecki : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 2, 2008) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Manuel Almanza, left, from Robstown, Texas, watches as Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Andrew Cardwell, from Sacramento, Calif., Aviation Ordnanceman Airman William Fox, from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Grant Shelton, from Hot Springs, Ark., move bombs onto an elevator aboard the aircraft carier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk weapons department is offloading all ammunition before entering San Diego, where Kitty Hawk will turnover with USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the only carrier operating from outside of the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (July 30, 2008) The Royal New Zealand Navy Frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F111) sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the north Arabian Sea. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class N. Brett Morton (Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 29, 2008) The aircraft carier USS Kitty Hawk (CVN 63) sails in formation with Australian, Canadian, South Korean and U.S. Navy ships during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 exercise group photo off the coast of Hawaii. Kitty Hawk is taking part in RIMPAC with units from the U.S., Australia, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

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U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a bomb blast in Kabul August 3, 2008. A roadside bomb struck a U.S.-led military convoy outside the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing one soldier and wounding another, the military said. The attack happened in Bagrami district on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, the latest in a spiralling cycle of violence blamed on a resurgent Taliban.

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U.S. Army Capt. Charles Ford plays a video game with seven-year-old Wa'ad, who lost an arm and a leg to an improvised bomb, during a visit to the child's home near Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. Soldiers from Hammer Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment are arranging for the child to be fitted with prosthetic limbs.

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GULFPORT, Miss. (Aug. 4, 2008) A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 greets his family for the first time upon his return to Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport after a scheduled six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3, 2008) Sailors aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) perform a burial at sea as the ship sails towards the Panama Canal Zone to participate in the multi-national training exercise Fuerzas Alidas PANAMAX 2008. This exercise spells the final chapter for Tarawa, which is slated for decommissioning in early 2009. FA PANAMAX 2008 is a multi-national training exercise tailored to the defense of the Panama Canal, involving civil and military forces from the U. S. Southern Command area of focus. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 3, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Eric Thomas and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Terrance Norris install impact pads to protect the non-skid surface of the flight deck from damage caused by arresting wires aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt is operating off the Atlantic Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 2, 2008) Hospital Corpsmen respond to casualties during a mass-casualty drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) as the ship sails towards the Panama Canal Zone to participate in the multi-national training exercise Fuerzas Alidas PANAMAX 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker/Released)

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Siblings Army Sgt. William Bullock III and Senior Airman Mary Bullock stand together July 28 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. They said their grandfather, a World War II veteran, was their greatest influence growing up. Sergeant Bullock followed in his footsteps by becoming an Army Ranger. Inspired by both her grandfather and her younger brother, Airman Bullock joined the Air Force. Today, the brother and sister duo sometimes find themselves working together despite being in different services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Terry Blevins)

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Sixteen-year-old Megan Repetski of Royal Air Force Alconbury, England, chats with fellow European Keystone Club Leadership Summit attendees following a round of paint ball at Vogelweh Military Complex in Kaiserslautern, Germany. More than 100 teens from 11 U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases attended the week long summit at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from July 28 to Aug. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Goro looks up to Staff Sgt. Sean Neisen during a break in training at Ali Base, Iraq. Goro, an 8-year-old military working dog, and Sergeant Neisen deployed to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group's Provost Marshal Office from the 435th Security Forces Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The German shepherd died of natural causes July 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)

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Goro plays soccer during some downtime July 7 at Ali Base, Iraq. Goro, a military working dog assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group's Provost Marshal Office here, died July 28 from natural causes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 1, 2008) Navy Diver Senior Chief Daniel Jackson, assigned to Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) is lowered into the water while piloting an atmospheric diving system (ADS) 2000 during the unit's 2nd annual Submarine Rescue Day at Naval Air Station North Island. DSU is the only operator of this type of ADS system in the world, which is capable of safely operating at depths of up to 2000 feet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class David Mercil/Released)

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A U.S. soldier stands guard on a road during a joint patrol with Iraqi forces in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad August 5, 2008.

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LAREDO, TX - AUGUST 04: U.S. Army National Guard soldier Margarita Anaya holds a baby as the child's parents receive care at a free clinic as part of Operation Lone Star August 4, 2008 in Laredo, Texas.

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U.S. Lieutenant David Hanna (R) from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment and their Iraqi translator (2nd L) greet an Iraqi soldier at an abandoned village near Baquba during security operations in Diyala province August 5, 2008. Iraqi security forces captured more than 80 suspects on Monday and Tuesday during a security operation in the restive Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said.

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Lance Cpl. Korey Cook, a rifleman with I Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, currently serving as the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, covers a building entrance July 23 while his squad gathers information from building occupants. The Marines participated in the training by patrolling the base in fire team formations, practicing immediate action drills and gathering information from base personnel.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabrera)


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Lance Cpl. John Cardenas, a rifleman with I Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, watches for advancing squad members July 23 while patrolling during an exercise on Camp Hansen.
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Marines from I Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, respond to a simulated sniper attack July 23 while patrolling Camp Hansen during a training exercise.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabrera)


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Sgt. Jacob Britzman, a squad leader with I Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, drags mock casualty victim Pfc. Seth Gerhart, a rifleman with BLT 3rd Bn., 1st Marines, to safety July 23 during a simulated sniper attack while conducting patrols and information gathering training.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph A. Cabrera)


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Pvt. Ryan Winklemann, a Huntsville, Ala., native, talks with children in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, while patrolling the area, July 27. Tejada is a mortarman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: J. B. Jaso : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Staff Sgt. Rudy Mello, a Houston, native, flexes his muscles for an Iraqi child while visiting an Istaqlal Qada village, northeast of Baghdad, July 27. Mello is a squad leader for Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: J. B. Jaso : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Sgt. Eric Burke, a Kettering, Ohio, native, shares in laughter with two Iraqi children while patrolling the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27. Burke is a mortar section leader for Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: J. B. Jaso : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Spc. David Sorensen, a Missouri City, Texas, native, plays with an Iraqi child dressed in camouflage, while patrolling the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27. Sorensen is a mortarman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(Photographer: J. B. Jaso : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)


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Children from an Istaqlal Qada village, northeast of Baghdad, wave at Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, July 27.
(Photographer: J. B. Jaso : 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division)
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U.S. Army Pfc. Jennifer Myrick, from Acworth, Ga., pets Dingo the dog at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Aug 2. The world-traveling canine is becoming an icon for pet care and adoption. “Dingo is amazing,” said Myrick. “Animals are a big part of my life. I have a dog and four cats; all are adopted. I miss my pets more than anything. You can talk to your family on the phone but not your pets.”
(Photographer: Dustin Senger : Area Support Group Qatar Public Affairs Office)

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Cpt. Adrian Chen, of 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, scopes out the area with the 527th Military Police unit, during a visit to the Nugaram district center, July 26, 2008.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Adora Medina : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division)


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Maj. Edward Whitaker, executive officer for 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, talks with the Afghan national police during a tour of the Nugaram distict center. The unit was visiting to welcome the new Nuristan police chief, July 26, 2008
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Adora Medina : 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division)


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A M93 “Fox” vehicle enters the water for its long journey across Blora Lake, Texas during a training exercise Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted, July 31, 2008. The training consisted of testing two M93 “Fox” vehicles by swimming them for the first time since their return to home station. Troopers use the amphibious “Fox” as a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear reconnaissance vehicle.
(Photographer: Spc. Shejal Pulivarti : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)


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Monroe Township, N.J. native, Capt. Will Costello (left), recon platoon leader and Chutnshoot, Texas native, Spc. Jessica Kellogg (right), nuclear, biological and chemical specialist, both in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, maneuver their M93 Fox vehicle across Blora Lake, Texas during a training exercise, July 31, 2008. The amphibious “Fox” is designed to survive and scout a chemical, biological, radiological and/or nuclear contaminated battlefield.
(Photographer: Spc. Shejal Pulivarti : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)


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Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, thrust forward during a training exercise to test their M93 “Fox” vehicle at Blora Lake, Texas on, July 31, 2008. The six-wheeled “Fox” is an amphibious laboratory that takes air, water and ground samples and immediately analyzes them for signs of weapons of mass distruction.
(Photographer: Spc. Shejal Pulivarti : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)