1 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM OUT On The Porch April 28, 2010 Lea let Drop Filed under: Afghanistan OUT @ 12:41 pm Tags: Joghatoe, Logar, planned lea let drop, upcoming radio broadcast A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lies over some scenic landscape while traveling to the location of a planned lea let drop in Joghatoe district, Logar province, Afghanistan, April 23, 2010. The lea lets are informing the people of Joghatoe district of an upcoming radio broadcast. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest Patrolling Salaam Bazaar Filed under: Afghanistan OUT @ 11:39 am Tags: Helmand, known Taliban stronghold, Salaam Bazaar
2 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Marines roll through the Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province heavily manned. Enemy contact was imminent as they patrolled through the known Taliban stronghold. While clearing the area, April 14, the Marines of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, along with the Afghan national army and the Afghan national police encountered heavy resistance from insurgent forces. (Photos by Cpl. Daniel A. Blatter) Read the story here. Communications Of icer Advises, Assists Iraqis Restore Air Traf ic Control Filed under: Iraq OUT @ 9:30 am Tags: civilian airport, restore air traf ic control, Very Small Aperture Terminal dish
3 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Capt. Kurando Mensen inspects a Very Small Aperture Terminal dish at a civilian airport March 17, 2010, in Iraq. Captain Mensen is a communications planner for the Air Component Coordination Element-Iraq. (Courtesy photo) Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team Filed under: Afghanistan OUT @ 7:07 am Tags: Panjshir, Pyawusht, successful day
4 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Second Lt. Jason Adams (left), Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir civil engineer, inspects a retaining wall at Pyawusht, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, April 19. Adams and some other PRT engineers visited ive work sites and held two meetings in what Adams called a successful day. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd Lt. Jason Smith, PRT Panjshir Public Affairs) April 27, 2010 Exercise Shows U.S. Partnership With Indonesia Filed under: Exercise,Indonesia OUT @ 5:59 pm Tags: Halim Air Base, Exercise Cope West 2010
5 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Airmen arrive to participate in Exercise Cope West 2010 April 17, 2010, at Halim Air Base, Indonesia. (U.S. Air Force photo) Troops Born Abroad Take Citizenship Oath Filed under: Washington,White House OUT @ 3:39 pm Tags: naturalization ceremony
6 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM President Barack Obama salutes a sailor following a naturalization ceremony at the White House, April 23, 2010. During the ceremony, 24 U.S. service members took the oath of allegiance to the United States and became American citizens. U.S. Army photo by Todd Lopez Read the story here. Re-enlistment Ceremony Marks 102 Years for Army Reserve Filed under: Ceremony,Washington OUT @ 2:18 pm Tags: Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Building, re-enlistment ceremony, Sixty U.S. Army Reserve soldiers, U.S. Army Reserves 102nd anniversary
7 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM U.S. Army Reserve soldiers stand in formation in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Building, Washington, D.C., during the ifth annual U.S. Army Reserve National Capitol Re-enlistment Ceremony, April 23, 2010. Sixty U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from across the United States took part in the event marking the U.S. Army Reserves 102nd anniversary. Read the story here. Coast Guard Salvage HH-65C Helicopter Filed under: Coast Guard,Michigan,Salvage OUT @ 1:41 pm Tags: Lake Huron
8 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM ABOARD USCGC BRISTOL BAY IN LAKE HURON - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay prepares to right the airframe of the HH-65C helicopter for its ascent to complete the inal phase of the salvage operation in southern Lake Huron, April 23, 2010. Members of a salvage team from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit were aboard the Bristol Bay, working to raise an HH-65C helicopter from the air station that crashed during a night training operation near Port Huron, Mich., April 20, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Of icer John Masson. Tactical Operations Center Soldiers Play Big Role in Area Surveillance Filed under: Iraq OUT @ 11:44 am Tags: Area Surveillance, coordinate air support, monitor air status, schedule air transportation, Tactical Operations Center
9 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Spc. Shane Lebeouf (left), and Spc. James Lehnardt (right), both with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade, Brigade Aviation Element, monitor air status, coordinate air support, and schedule air transportation throughout the 17th FiB operational environment. Photo by Spc. Maurice Galloway. Read the story here. U.S., Indonesian Airmen Jump Into Training Filed under: Indonesia,Training OUT @ 10:43 am Tags: Exercise Cope West 2010
10 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Indonesian airmen jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during Exercise Cope West 2010 April 21, 2010, in Indonesia. (U.S. Air Force photo/tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young) With Help From Blackhawks, Iraqi Army Delivers Supplies Filed under: Iraq OUT @ 9:15 am Tags: Doskushman, hands out supplies to citizens, Kirkuk An Iraqi army soldier of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 15th Iraqi Army, hands out supplies
11 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM to citizens of Doskushman near Kirkuk, Iraq. The 15th IA delivered these supplies with their partners, the Black Hawk Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division out of Fort Bliss, Texas, April 22. Photo by Pfc. Jessica Luhrs Carrier Air Traf ic Control Center Filed under: Atlantic OUT @ 7:15 am Tags: carrier quali ications ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 22, 2010) Air Traf ic Controller 2nd Class Bruce Gomez stands watch in the Carrier Air Traf ic Control Center aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier quali ications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall/Released) April 26, 2010 Augment For A Female Engagement Team Filed under: Afghanistan,Training OUT @ 5:59 pm Tags: female engagement team, intelligence analyst, weapon presentation drills
12 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Cpl. Taylor Mejia, an intelligence analyst deployed to Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), aims in as she practices weapon presentation drills while training to become an augment for a female engagement team. Photo by Cpl. Ryan Rholes, Human Terrain System Filed under: Afghanistan OUT @ 3:48 pm Tags: Baraki Barak, civilian-oriented battle ield, Human Terrain System, Logar
13 of 16 4/28/2010 2:49 PM Dr. Richard R. Boone, of Wimberley, Texas, interviews local residents of the Baraki Barak District in Afghanistan's Logar province, to ind out about their attitudes and daily lives, April 17. Boone is a psychologist and Department of Defense civilian deployed to Afghanistan as a member of a Human Terrain System. Boone says that by gathering this information from average people, HTS members can save lives on a civilian-oriented battle ield. Photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Reeves Read the story here. Next Page» American Forces Press Service News Forces Detain Suspects, Seize Drugs, Weapons Avatar Project Seeks to Help Military Amputees Face of Defense: Airman Advances Afghan Women's Cause Lynn Details Approach to Changes in Warfare Mullen Appeals to Philanthropists to Assist Veterans Wounded Warriors Get Custom Prosthetics Cases Gates Satis ied With U.S. Planning to Counter Iran Pace of Changes Clouds Future, Mullen Says DoD Agrees to Submit Some Fort Hood Documents to Senate
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