09/28/2009
A glow-in-the-dark golf ball awaits the final putt at the Lone Star Golf Course during a night golf tournament aimed at raising awareness of suicide and suicide prevention on Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Maj. John B. Herd
09/21/2009
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Zapanta talks with a local Afghan boy during a patrol in Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2009. Zapanta is a corpsman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3. The Marines are conducting security patrols to speak with the residents to identify their issues and concerns. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall
09/18/2009
Medal of Honor recipients receive a flag from their military escorts before the opening ceremony of the Medal of Honor Convention at Soldier Field, Chicago, Sept. 15, 2009. The flags had been previously flown over Soldier Field on the anniversary of the date they received the Medal of Honor. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kassidy L Snyder
09/14/2009
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Justin Sharpe holds his 8-month-old son, Julian, after returning home to the Combat Center's Victory Field, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 8, 2009. Sharpe, the executive officer of Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar province for the last seven months. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew D. Thorburn
09/14/2009
GALAXY TAXI
As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Biasi marshals a C-5M Super Galaxy before it takes off from Dover Air Base, Del., Sept. 13, 2009. An aircrew of active duty and Air Force Reserve members flew the C-5M, named "The Spirit of Normandy," on a mission that unofficially set 41 records in a single flight Sept. 13. The certified results are expected to be released in about a month. U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto
09/15/2009
A stray kitten prowls around the boot of a Georgia National Guardsman at a construction project at the La Pentinence Medical Clinic in Georgetown, Guyana, Sept. 7, 2009. The $350,000 construction project is part of New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise designed to strengthen ties with partner nations in Central and South America. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston
09/15/2009
U.S. Army soldiers take their firing positions on a roof top after a mortar landed on Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tia P. Sokimson
09/15/2009
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey Wismann speaks to an Iraqi boy as his Iraqi army partners enter a nearby home during a combined foot patrol Sept. 13, 2009, in the town of Salman Pak southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2009. Wismann is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea
Antietam National Battlefield National Park Service rangers carry a coffin containing the remains of an unknown Civil War soldier found on the Antietam National Battlefield during a ceremony Sept. 15, 2009. The soldier was believed to be between 17 and 19 years old, based on forensic analysis, when he was killed during the Civil War's single bloodiest day. The soldier's remains will be transferred to New York for burial with full military honors. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jameel S. Moses
09/21/2009
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Francis Macale secures a landing zone as his transportation, a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, flies away near the Koh Band district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2009. Macale is a squad leader assigned to the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Darrick B. Lee
09/22/2009
A U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron 129 prepares to launch aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2009. The Stennis is under way conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman
09/23/2009
An F-16 fighter jet stands ready for departure early in the morning on Truax Field in Madison, Wis., Sept. 22, 2009. The 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard launched 14 F-16s as part of its scheduled Aerospace Expeditionary Force rotation that began recently when about 200 of the unit's members deployed. US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman
09/24/2009
Alanna Nolte, 8, holds a pillow picturing her father Marine Sgt. Nicholas Nolte, with her mother, Melina, at their home in Havelock, N.C., near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 17, 2009. Nicholas died Nov. 24, 2004, from wounds suffered during combat operations in Iraq. Melina, a native of upstate New York, decided to raise their daughter where the family was last stationed. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
09/25/2009
A member of the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guard Pipes and Drums plays the bagpipes for troops, families and employees at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2009. The group, members of the British army stationed in Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, will deploy to Helmand province, Afghanistan, early next year. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Glenn Selby
09/28/2009
Under the morning sun, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief starts to remove the fly away gear from a helicopter during a preflight inspection on Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2009. The Black Hawk crew is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's, 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski
U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91114 personnel overlook the Coast Guard Cutters Diamondback and Gannet near downtown Miami, Sept. 17, 2009. The Maritime Safety and Security Team crewmembers conducted a vertical insertion demonstration for members of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference who were watching from the cutters. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen
09/25/2009
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Aggressor aircraft flies over the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 14, 2009. The F-16 is assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, which is responsible for training and preparing joint and allied aircrews for combat missions. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
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