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I made 7 major deployments on carriers and never once was there a swim call.
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Two HH-60 Pave Hawks transport patients to and from the Air Force Theater Hospital, Aug. 18, 2008, Pave Hawks deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom conduct combat search and rescue and medical evacuation missions and have saved the lives of hundreds of American and coalition service members as well as Iraqi and foreign citizens. Service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors volunteer to transport patients between the Pave Hawks and the hospital.
(Photographer: Airman 1st Class Jason Epley : 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing)
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Two HH-60 Pave Hawks transport patients to and from the Air Force Theater Hospital, Aug. 18, 2008. Pave Hawks deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom conduct combat search and rescue and medical evacuation missions and have saved the lives of hundreds of American and coalition service members as well as Iraqi and foreign citizens. Service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors volunteer to transport patients between the Pave Hawks and the hospital.
(Photographer: Airman 1st Class Jason Epley : 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing)
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Two HH-60 Pave Hawks transport patients to and from the Air Force Theater Hospital, Aug. 18, 2008. Pave Hawks deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom conduct combat search and rescue and medical evacuation missions and have saved the lives of hundreds of American and coalition service members as well as Iraqi and foreign citizens. Service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors volunteer to transport patients between the Pave Hawks and the hospital.
(Photographer: Airman 1st Class Jason Epley : 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing)
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Pvt. 1st Class Justin Gindhart, a Soldier with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and a Warminster, Penn., native, snaps a picture before boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk during Operation Myrtle Beach V, Aug. 16, 2008. The operation targeted suspected al-Qaida activity in the area.
(Photographer: Sgt. David Turner : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Amid a swirl of colored smoke and scrub brush, Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk during Operation Myrtle Beach V, Aug. 16, 2008. The operation targeted suspected al-Qaida activity in the area.
(Photographer: Sgt. David Turner : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Thornhill, platoon sergeant with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and Alexandria, La., native, directs his Soldiers after landing during an air assault in northern Babil province, Aug. 16, 2008. Operation Myrtle Beach V targeted suspected al-Qaida activity in the area.
(Photographer: Sgt. David Turner : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Their boots soaked and caked with mud after wading through canals, Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division patrol farmland in northern Babil province during Operation Myrtle Beach V, Aug. 16, 2008. The operation targeted suspected al-Qaida activity in the area.
(Photographer: Sgt. David Turner : 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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U.S. Army Pfc. James Aubil, Combat Observation Liaison Team assigned to Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, pulls security during a village assessment mission in 30 Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. After clearing the village, U.S. Army Soldiers met with residents and discussed the needs and concerns of the local population.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs)
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U.S. Army Spc. Paul Barton takes a break to talk with an Iraqi boy about the design on his T-shirt during a village assessment mission in Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. Barton is assigned to the combat observation liaison team assigned to Task Force 1.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs)
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U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Perez, Combat Observation Liaison Team assigned to Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, pulls security during a village assessment mission in 30 Tamuz, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2008. After clearing the village, U.S. Army Soldiers met with residents and discussed the needs and concerns of the local population.
(Photographer: Spc. David Marshall : 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs)
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A U.S. Army aircrewman assigned to 1st Combat Aviation Brigade stands ready for engine start on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a brief stop at Forward Operating Base Warhorse on Aug. 21, 2008. 1/1CAB provides coalition forces airlift and aviation support while deployed in Iraq.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 1st Class Mario Quiroga : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)
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U.S. Army aircrew assigned to 1st Combat Aviation Brigade conduct flightline operations with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a brief stop at Forward Operating Base Warhorse on Aug. 21, 2008. 1/1CAB provides coalition forces airlift and aviation support while deployed in Iraq.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 1st Class Mario Quiroga : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)
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A U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 1st Combat Aviation Brigade lifts off from Forward Operating Base Warhorse during routine air operations on Aug. 21, 2008. The Black Hawk is used for airlift and aviation support while deployed in Iraq.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 1st Class Mario Quiroga : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Russell, assigned to S-3 Operations 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, releases informational leaflets during an information drop mission in Iraq on Aug. 21, 2008. The leaflets provide a communication path with residents of smaller Iraqi villages, allowing for an increase in local informational awareness.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 1st Class Mario Quiroga : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)
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Sgt. Gordon Haynes, an native of Houston who serves with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pulls security, while behind him, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commanding general of MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div., and Col. Ted Martin, commander of 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., talk about the improvements going on in West Rashid District of Baghdad, on Aug. 21, 2008.
(Photographer: Spc. Benjamin Crane : Multi-National Division Baghdad)
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Pfc. Cole Wildy, a Mt. Pleasant, Ill., native, who serves with Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, poses with an Iraqi boy in the West Rashid District of Baghdad on Aug. 21, 2008.
(Photographer: Spc. Benjamin Crane : Multi-National Division Baghdad)
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1st Lt. Michael Clark, a platoon leader from Dallas, assigned to the 752nd Explosives Ordnance Disposal Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division -- Baghdad, and Capt. Nicholas Mezmar, a National Guardsmen from Harlingen, Texas, assigned to the 192nd EOD Bn., unwrap grenades left outside of a combat outpost, Aug. 21, 2008, by a concerned Iraqi citizen in the Abu T'shir community of Baghdad's Rashid District. The grenades were confiscated to be destroyed in an EOD shot pit. The 752nd EOD technicians, deployed to Forward Operating Base Falcon in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, are on call 24 hours a day in their ongoing mission to render safe all explosive hazards for coalition forces and Iraqi security forces.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brent Williams : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Graham, an explosive ordnance disposal platoon sergeant from Orange County, Calif., and 1st Lt. Michael Clark, a platoon leader from Dallas, both assigned to the 752nd EOD Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division -- Baghdad, layout anti-tank mines and measure C4 plastic explosives for a demolition shot pit Aug. 21 outside Forward Operating Base Falcon, located in southern Baghdad's Rashid District. The EOD Soldiers work on call 24 hours a day to render explosives safe and diffuse Improvised Explosive Devices, Unexploded Ordnance and Explosively Formed Projectiles for MND-B Soldiers. The EOD technicians of the 752nd EOD Co., stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, are deployed to Baghdad for a 15-month tour in support of MND-B and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brent Williams : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Staff Sgt. Stephen Cunningham, an explosives ordnance disposal team leader from Los Angeles, and Sgt. Chris Boynton, an EOD technician from Holyoke, Mass., both assigned to the 752nd EOD Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division -- Baghdad, carry an Explosively Formed Projectile in a wheel barrel, Aug. 20, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Falcon, located in southern Baghdad's Rashid District. A local Iraqi citizen brought the 18-inch EFP to the EOD technicians for disposal. The EOD technician's of the 752nd EOD Co., stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas, are deployed to Baghdad for a 15-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and MND-B.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brent Williams : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Soldiers of the 752nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company detonate C4 plastic explosives inside an abandoned house, Aug. 21, 2008, in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad. The EOD technicians, stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas, and deployed to Forward Operating Base Baghdad, tampered the explosives to clear rubble, allowing for a more thorough search of the premises, where 10 anti-tank mines and an anti-aircraft gun propellant were discovered earlier in the day.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brent Williams : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
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Soldiers from the 752nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, and the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, assess the site of a cache find after a small ordnance detonation, Aug. 21, 2008, inside an abandoned house in Abu T'shir. The EOD technicians detonated a small amount of C4 plastic explosives in an attempt to uncover more ordnance by loosening dirt where anti-tank mines were discovered in an abandoned house. The 752nd EOD Co.'s technicians, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, are deployed to Forward Operating Base Falcon in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and MND-B.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brent Williams : 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
