U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Smith secures a perimeter while his patrol leader talks to local Iraqi citizens during a patrol through the streets of Ameriah, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2006. Smith is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Soldiers take a break in a secure area before heading back out on their eight-hour patrol of the streets of Ameriah, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2006. The soldiers are from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Sailors and Marines man the rails and spell out "I Love New York" on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as the ship enters New York Harbor on May 24, 2006. The Kearsarge is in New York for the 19th annual Fleet Week New York 2006. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Glover, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, Naval Station Earle, N.J., conduct security sweeps in the Hudson River next to Pier 88 in Manhattan, N.Y., May 23, 2006, prior to the beginning of the 19th annual Fleet Week New York 2006. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kyle McCloud, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. John Dick scans the windows and rooftops of buildings surrounding the government center in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on May 2, 2006. Dick is attached to the 3-2-1 Military Transition Team. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. William L. Dubose III, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Derrick Farr (left) performs surveillance and identification procedures with the tactical air traffic in the skies over Iraq at Balad Air Base on May 15, 2006. Farr is an Air National Guardsman deployed with 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron. DoD photo by Senior Airman Brian Ferguson, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
U.S. Air Force airmen from the U.S. Air Force Academy precision-parachute team Wings of Blue jump from a C-130H Hercules aircraft during the air show Air Fest 2006 at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on April 30, 2006. DoD photo by Tech Sgt. Rick Sforza, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Email this image to a friend or colleague
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Charles Scaperotto, an aerospace propulsion mechanic with the 57th Component Maintenance Squadron, relays information back and forth to his peers during a live test firing of a Whitney Pratt F-16 combat fighter jet engine at the hush house on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 17, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darryl Barnes) (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jeremy Rugg, attached to 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, lobs a smoke grenade, while under enemy fire, to cover troop movements during a patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, May 20, 2006. (U.S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Samuel C. Peterson) (Released) Email this image to a friend or colleague
A U.S. soldier assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, looks into a well during Operation Iron Triangle, May 10, 2006. The operation covered a total area of approximately 36-square kilometers southwest of Balad, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ryan Matson
U.S. soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Quick Reaction Force provide security during a visit by U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, Multinational Forces-Iraq commanding general, to the government center in downtown Balad Ruz, Iraq, April 29, 2006. U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Wojciechowsk
U.S. soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and Iraqi soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 6th Public Order Brigade, patrol a housing area in the Deshir Market area of Baghdad, Iraq, April 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Timothy W. Story
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Andrew Peterson, assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, provides security for Marines searching a house in Al Ish, Iraq, May 1, 2006. Peterson's unit is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner
U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, for improvised explosive devices, missile-propelled grenades and other weapons, April 20, 2006. The Marines are assigned to 1st Platoon, India Company, attached to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. William L. Dubose III
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Sandra Hearn treats an Afghan girl with a head injury in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on April 21, 2006. Hearn is assigned to the cooperative medical assistance team for Combined Joint Task Force 76. DoD photo by Capt. Dan Huvane, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)