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IRAQ FOB Hammer -- 21 May 2007 -- Two female US Army soldiers from Brigade Support Troop Battalion, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division relax prior to departing on a mission from Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq. US Air Force photo (Released) -- Picture by Shawn Weismiller / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Mosul -- 14 Dec 2004 -- US Army soldiers fire 120mm mortars to calibrate the systems at Forward Operation Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team -- Picture by Jeremiah Johnson / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Tikrit -- 06 Jan 2005 -- An Iraqi and US soldier stand side-by-side as they render salutes during the playing of the Iraqi National Anthem at the ceremony of the Iraqi Army Day in Tikrit, Iraq, on Jan. 6, 2005. The 4th Iraqi National Guard Division with its headquarters in Tikrit, Iraq, is being activated into the new Iraqi Army on one of its training bases, collocated with the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division. One of the first missions of the new Iraqi Division will be to gradually assume the security of the city of Tikrit -- Picture by Klaus Baesu / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Al Iskandariyah -- 08 Jul 2005 -- US Army Sgt Amber Aki helps Iraqi men as they prepare to take a physical readiness test in Iskandariyah, Iraq, during the initial screening for selection to the Iraqi Police Training Academy. The screening is being held at the Iraqi Army compound and is being conducted by the Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police forces, and U.S. soldiers. Aki is attached to Bravo Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Edward Martens / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Baqubah -- 27 May 2007 -- A US Army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment clears a suspected al Qaeda prison camp south of Baqubah, Iraq. US soldiers liberated 41 men from the camp and provided immediate medical attention to them. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Martin Newton / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Rashid -- 02 Jun 2007 -- A US Army soldier searches a house in Rashid, Iraq. The soldier is attached to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Tierney Nowland / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Baqubah -- 12 Apr 2005 -- One US Army soldier from Bravo Company, 130th Infantry Battalion, kneels down as another talks on the radio during a search for weapons and possible insurgents in Baqubah, Iraq. These soldiers are attached the 3rd Brigade Combat Team. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Eddie Bradley / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Najaf -- 02 Apr 2005 -- US Army Military Policeman Staff Sgt Donald Wagers radios in his convoy's departure information before delivering ammunition to three local Iraqi Police stations in Najaf, Iraq. Wagers is attached to the 940th Military Police Unit and is part of the 155th Brigade Combat Team forward deployed to Camp Hotel in central Iraq. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Edward Martens / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Siniyah -- 14 Jan 2005 -- US Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment prepares to raid a home during Operation Keystone Sweep in the Iraqi town of As Siniyah, near the city of Bayji, on Jan. 14. The intent of the operation was to conduct raids, capture or kill insurgents and search for improvised explosive devices and other illegal weapons in hopes of crippling the local insurgency before Iraq's Jan. 30 election -- Picture by Ismail Turay / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Yusifiyah -- 14 May 2007 -- US Army soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment search for three missing soldiers in the streets of Yusifiyah, Iraq -- Picture by Dennis Henry Jnr / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Fallujah -- 06 Jun 2007 -- US Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan L Rodriguez performs a final inspection on his M1A1 Abrams tank before heading out to patrol the main supply routes surrounding Fallujah, Iraq. Rodriguez and his fellow Marines from the 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 6 are patrolling the main supply routes to keep them clear of anti-Coalition force activity. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Samuel Corum / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ FOB Hotel -- 30 Mar 2005 -- US Army Sgt Scott Junkin (right) mounts an M-240 machine gun on top of an M1A1 Abrams tank as he and Staff Sgt. Mark Gillentine make preparations for an upcoming mission at Forward Operating Base Hotel in Najaf Province, Iraq. Junkin and Gillentine are with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 198th Armor, 155th Brigade Combat Team. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Edward Martens / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Baghdad -- 20 Dec 2004 -- US Air Force pararescuemen from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron are extracted by an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from an abandoned housing site near the Baghdad International Airport, Iraq -- Picture by Shane Cuomo / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Fallujah -- 25 Jan 2005 -- US Marine Lance Cpl. Luis Molina scans an Iraqi citizen's retina at Brahma Park in Fallujah, Iraq. US Marines are utilizing a Biometric Analysis Tracking System to record and identify Iraqi civilians entering the battle torn city of Fallujah in an attempt to find and identify insurgent forces. The tracking system uses thumbprints, a photograph of the face, and a retinal scan to establish positive identity. Molina is deployed with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 -- Picture by Jonathan Knauth / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ -- 16 Feb 2005 -- Vehicles from the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division form a convoy as they depart Camp Cedar II in central Iraq bound for Kuwait. USAF photo (Released) -- Picture by Mark Bucher / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Bayji -- 06 Jan 2005 -- US Army Pfc Sheely keeps an eye out for suspicious activity during an assessment of various sites in Bayji, Iraq. Sheely is assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, attached to C Battery. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Elizabeth Erste / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA Aboard the USS Harry S Truman -- 10 Apr 2003 -- US Naval Commander Jeremy Gillespie, Safety Officer of USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75,) observes flight operations. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and Carrier Airwing Three are currently on a six-month deployment in support of the invasion of Iraq -- Picture by Christopher Stoltz / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ FOB Duke -- 13 Apr 2005 -- US Army Sgt Chris Branson prepares a M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun on top of his Humvee prior to departing for a live fire weapons training exercise for the Iraqi National Guard at Forward Operating Base Duke in Najaf, Iraq. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Edward Martens / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Mosul -- 09 Jan 2005 -- US Army soldiers walk through a market in the Al Sudeek district during a dismounted patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force Tacoma. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Adam Sanders / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Babil -- 26 Mar 2006 -- US Army soldiers and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle with the 2nd Battalion, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment cautiously advance into a bunker area as they conduct a raid on the Hateen Weapons Complex in Babil, Iraq. The 11th Armoured Cavalry is attached to the 155 Brigade Combat Team. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Edward Martens / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Al Qaim -- 23 Apr 2005 -- US Marine Lance Cpl Michael Winniford uses a metal rod as he checks a pothole for mines on Main Supply Route (MSR) Tin during a convoy from Camp Al Asad to Al Qaim, Iraq. Winniford is a part of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Alpha Company Sapper Team, which travels in front of the convoy and searches for any mines. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Brian Jaques / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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KOREA Central Front -- 08 Mar 1951 -- A 155mm Howitzer from Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, US Army 2nd Infantry Division, blasts away, pounding Communist positions along the central front in Korea -- Picture by Marotta / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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AFGHANISTAN Helmand Province -- 27 Jul 2009 -- US Marine Corps Lance Cpl Scott Nechay uses a radio during a security patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Nechay is from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment -- Picture by Pete Thibodeau / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ Kirkuk -- 27 Nov 2006 -- US Army 2nd Lt Matthew Lloyd directs emergency vehicles following a rocket attack on a pipeline feeding a 10,000 litre holding tank at the Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq -- Picture by Samuel Bendet / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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AFGHANISTAN Khwazi -- 14 Dec 2010 -- US Army Spc Erik Martin (left), with the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, enters the village of Khwazi, Afghanistan, while on a dismounted mission to survey the village for a new well. Despite such efforts US policy to control the insurgency is failing in many areas due to widespread corruption in the Afghan central government and police -- Picture by Brian Ferguson | Lightroom Photos | USAF

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IRAQ Al Asad Air Force Base -- 09 Dec 2006 -- American troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq laugh during a "Town Hall" meeting with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a surprise visit to Iraq. DoD photo (Released) -- Picture by Cherie Thurlby / Lightroom Photos / US DoD

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IRAQ Camp Liberty -- 16 Jun 2006 -- US Army Sgt Leigh Ann Hester stands at attention before receiving the Silver Star during an awards ceremony at Camp Liberty, Iraq. Hester is assigned as a vehicle commander with the 617th Military Police Company of the Kentucky National Guard and is the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star since World War II. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Jeremy Crisp / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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AFGHANISTAN Bagram Airfield -- 02 Dec 2004 -- US Army Staff Sgt Derek Keener prepares a 105mm rocket at the East River Range Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by J Antonio Francis / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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USA California -- 02 Jun 2007 -- US Army soldiers perform a static line parachute jump over the Patricia Drop Zone in California, as part of Operation Hydra. The operation exercises the ability to conduct expeditionary mobility operations at three locations while maintaining command and control of in-theatre operations. The soldiers are from Bravo Company, 426th Civil Affairs Battalion and the 128th Quartermaster Company. US Air Force photo (Released) -- Picture by Sarayuth Pinthong / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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AFGHANISTAN Helmand Province -- 27 Jul 2009 -- US Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment walk through a field during a security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Fox Company Marines are conducting patrols outside Patrol Base Hasan Abad to restrict insurgents' freedom of movement. The Marines are deployed here to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counterinsurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country -- Picture by Pete Thibodeau / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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AFGHANISTAN Helmand Province -- 25 Jul 2009 -- US Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment walk through a field during a security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 27, 2009. Fox Company Marines are conducting patrols outside Patrol Base Hasan Abad to restrict insurgents' freedom of movement. The Marines are deployed here to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counterinsurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country -- Picture by Pete Thibodeau / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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AFGHANISTAN Dingak -- 03 Jan 2007 -- US Army Sgt Andrew Knauf climbs a mountain to search for possible enemy observation posts and weapons caches near Dingak, Afghanistan. Knauf is attached to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment -- Picture by Michael Casteel / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Hit -- 25 Mar 2006 -- US Army Pfc Neil McKinley patrols a palm grove near Hit, Iraq -- Picture by Brian Henner / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ Al Thobat -- 18 May 2007 -- A US Army soldier during a foot patrol to locate three missing soldiers in Al Thobat, Iraq. The soldier is assigned to Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry). US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Tierney Nowland / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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AFGHANISTAN Tarin Kowt -- 12 Aug 2004 -- US Army Specialist Brandon Dabb shaves outside at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Andre Reynolds / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Bashur Airfield -- 10 Apr 2004 -- US Airman Brandon Olsen grabs a snooze before going on call at Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq. Olsen is deployed with the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group at Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq. US Air Force photo (Released) -- Picture by Keith Reed / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Baqubah -- 02 Apr 2007 -- US Army Sgt 1st Class Joseph Labrosse leads his squad during a cordon and search for weapons caches and insurgents in Old Baqubah, Iraq. Labrosse is from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. USAF photo (Released) -- Picture by Stacy Pearsall / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Baghdad -- 22 Jul 2004 -- Approximately 1200 Iraqi Security Forces and 150 Iraqi National Guard in conjunction with 1-9 Cav, 3rd Bde, 1st Cav conducted a large scale operation aimed at the criminal and insurgent stronghold around Talaa Square and Haifa Street in the Sadamia area of Baghdad, Iraq -- Picture by Johancharles Van Boers / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Barwan -- 15 Jan 2006 -- US Marine Lance Cpl Eliot Yarmura leads Iraqi Army soldiers through an alleyway as they conduct a security patrol through the streets of Barwana, Iraq. The US Marines and Iraqi soldiers are looking for signs of anti-coalition activity in Barwana. Yarmura is attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment -- Picture by Michael McMaugh / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ Bashur Airfield -- 11 Apr 2004 -- Security Forces member Tech. Sgt. Bobby Hoyt takes a minute to grab lunch, a meals ready to eat at the entrance to his tent. Hoyt is deployed with the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group at Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq. US Air Force photo (Released) -- Picture by Keith Reed / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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AFGHANISTAN Jegdalek -- 06 Sep 2004 -- Clouds of dust are kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it comes in for a landing to pick up security forces during a Humanitarian Aid mission in Afghanistan. Family members of the soldiers of Task Force Pirate donated shoes, clothes and food, which were distributed to residents of a village called Jegdalek in Afghanistan. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Michael Abney / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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KOREA Yang Gu -- 13 Aug 1951 -- Two mortar crews of the Heavy Mortar Co., 38th Regiment, US Army 2nd Infantry Division, fire their 4.2 inch mortars at Communist positions on Hill 773 near Yang-gu, Korea -- Picture by Mochizuki / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Sadr City -- 16 Oct 2003 -- Iraqi Army troops secure a street during a raid that nabbed 15 insurgents in Sadr City, Baghdad. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Ben Brody / Lightroom Photos / US Army *Best quality available

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AFGHANISTAN Helmand Province -- 31 Aug 2009 -- US Marine Corps Major Jay Lappe, an operations officer with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a road reconnaissance patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marines are trying to improve transportation for civilians and Afghan National Army soldiers by improving damaged roads and bridges. The Marines are deployed to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country -- Picture by William Greeson | Lightroom Photos | USMC

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IRAQ Hit -- 13 Jun 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers converse minutes before loading up in U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicles for a patrol through Hit, Iraq ? a city 70 miles northwest of Ramadi in Iraq?s Al Anbar Province, June 13, 2006. Iraqi and U.S. soldiers patrol Hit?s streets daily together, and have spent several weeks conducting a census of the city to get a better grasp on information about the city?s population. U.S. soldiers from the Germany-based 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, the U.S. military unit assigned to this region of Iraq, say their Iraqi counterparts are well on their way to independent operations. Just two weeks ago, an Iraqi-led patrol caught two men with 122 mm artillery rounds in a burlap sack ? material which could have resulted in an improvised explosive device, the number one threat to both U. S. and Iraqi soldiers in this mostly Sunni city 70 miles northwest of Ramadi. The Iraqi soldiers, noticed the men during a routine foot patrol near the city?s cemetery. The Iraqi soldiers suspected the men were up to no good, and called them on it. ?We must have walked past, I don?t know, thousands of people on that patrol, ? said Army 1st Sgt. David B. Sapp, company first sergeant for 1-36?s Apache Company, which controls operations in Hit?s central sector. ?They saw someone in that cemetery, questioned why he was there, and found out he had a bomb.? It?s scenarios like these that bolster American confidence in the Iraqi soldiers? abilities. Iraqi patrols are resulting

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IRAQ Al Fahren -- 16 Apr 2007 -- US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment move out to provide security for fellow members of their unit in Al Fahren, Iraq. US Marine Corps photo (Released) -- Picture by Paul Bishop / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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AFGHANISTAN Camp Blessing -- 25 Jun 2004 -- US Marines with 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, and US Army Special Forces maintain a security perimeter as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off for a medical evacuation south of Camp Blessing, Afghanistan. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Justin Mason / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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IRAQ Baghdad -- 23 Jan 2006 -- US Army soldiers and Iraqi police officers walk through an empty lot as they search for weapons caches during a joint operation in the Zafaraniyah district of Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the Army's 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Teddy Wade / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Al Furat -- 08 May 2006 -- Newly accepted for enlistment in Iraq?s Army, 78 new recruits, mostly Sunnis, wait for details about basic training and other issues concerning life in the Army from Iraqi Ministry of Defense officials during a recruiting drive at Al Furat, Iraq, May 8, 2006. About 189 Iraqi men, most 30?ish in age, lined up to sign their name on the dotted line and enlist for service during the screening drive in this stretch of small villages located just 14 miles northwest of Ramadi. In this small, mostly-Sunni region nestled along the Euphrates River in Al Anbar Province, Iraqi men say they are fed up with the insurgency in Iraq, and are doing something about it ? joining the Iraqi Army. During the one-day screening in this region of about 30,000, 78 of the 189 men who showed up were accepted for enlistment. So far, about 340 Iraqi men have been recruited from Al Anbar Province in recent weeks. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Jim Goodwin / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Haditha -- 25 Jun 2006 -- Three US Marines assigned to the Hawaii-based India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, navigate an incline while on a two-hour patrol through the winding terrain of Haditha, Iraq, June 25, 2006. During these patrols, the Marines train Iraqi soldiers on military tactics they?ll need to eventually take over security operations in the region. By summer?s end, 75 percent of all Iraqi Army Brigades will be leading security operations throughout Iraq, said Gen. George Casey, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, during a Pentagon press briefing June 22, 2006, in Washington, D.C. By year?s end, ?eight or nine? of the 10 Iraqi Army Divisions will be leading combat operations instead of Coalition Forces, said Casey to reporters. Iraqi soldiers in Haditha have shown considerable improvement in the past three months in their military proficiency, said Capt. Andy Lynch, India Company?s commanding officer. The soldiers have become better at spotting improvised explosive devices, and collecting intelligence used to capture insurgents. Three months ago, the soldiers would not go on patrols unless the Marines were with them and were only able to provide minimal assistance in gathering intelligence and spotting potential dangers. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USMC

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PERSIAN GULF -- 22 Nov 2006 -- US Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operators 3rd Class Jonathan DeJesus, left, and Christopher Adams, both assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Eight, watch USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) and USS Comstock (LSD 45) from aboard an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter, after conducting a vertical replenishment with the two ships in the Arabian Sea. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Kitt Amaritnant / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Fallujah -- 08 Dec 2005 -- Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael W Hagee, addresses Marines assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines during his recent visit. The US Marines conducted counter-insurgency operations to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces; support the continued development of Iraqi Security Force; support Iraqi reconstruction and democratic elections; and to facilitate the creation of a secure environment that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Michael Schellenbach / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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KOREA Chongchon River -- 20 Nov 1950 -- Fighting with the US Army 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, Korea. Sfc Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew -- Picture by James Cox | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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IRAQ Bayji -- 06 Jan 2005 -- US Army soldiers move towards an apartment complex as they search for weapons or bomb-making materials in the outskirts of Bayji, Iraq, on Jan. 20, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to 3rd Platoon, C Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division -- Picture by Elizabeth Erste / Lightroom Photos / US Army *Best quality available

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IRAQ Mosul -- 19 Oct 2005 -- US Army Staff Sgt Salelea Tuiolemotu, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, on patrol in Mosul, Iraq. US Air Force photo (Released) -- Picture by James Harper / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Rawah -- 27 Sep 2005 -- US Army Staff Sgt Bill Hatzman looks over an explosive device prior to detonating it inside a cave that could be used as a weapons cache outside Rawah, Iraq. Hatzman is assigned to 2nd Platoon, 14th Cavalry, 4th Battalion -- Picture by Andy Dunaway / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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KOREA Yang Gu -- 02 Aug 1951 -- A tank of Company C, 72nd Tank Battalion, US Army 2nd Infantry Division, waiting their turn to fire on Hill 773, as a 155mm howitzer "Long Tom", 96th Field Artillery Battalion, fires on the hill near Yang-gu, Korea -- Picture by Kewell / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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FRANCE Normandy -- 06 Jun 1944 -- American supply ships unload armour, supplies and troops onto the Normandy beachhead after the Allied invasion in the early hours of the 6th June, 1944. This photo was taken in the afternoon, when the beachhead was secured. "D-Day" as it was termed, was a turning point in World War 2 and marked the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime. Within one year, Germany had surrended and these forces were marching on Berlin -- Picture by Steck / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ -- 18 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi National Guard soldiers moves forward to clear a house of any potential threats prior to a team of searchers moving in to look for weapons, etc -- Picture by Chris Heathscott / Lightroom Photos / US Army *Best quality available

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BELGIUM Near Murringen -- 31 Jan 1945 -- US Army troops of the 1st Division march through snow towards Murringen, Belgium, after a major German counter-attack which later became known as the 'Battle of the Bulge' -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ Al Hawijah -- Dec 2003 -- A member of the 173rd US Airborne Brigade mans a defensive fighting position on the streets of Al Hawijah as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning. Operation Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah. USAF Photo (RELEASED) -- Picture by Jeffrey Wolfe / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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IRAQ Al Hawijah -- Specialist Willoughby of the 173rd Airborne Brigade mans a security position on the streets of Al Hawijah as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah. Operation Iraqi Freedom is a multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Photo by USAF Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe) RELEASED

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USA Pentagon -- 20 Mar 2003 -- US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefs reporters in the Pentagon on the first actions against Iraq in support of the invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, US Air Force, updated reporters on last night?s bombing of Baghdad. US DoD photo (Released) -- Picture by R D Ward / Lightroom Photos / US DoD

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A United States UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over a mosque in the city of Balad, Iraq, on February 27 2009. Picture taken by Staff Sergeant Lynette Hoke, Task Force 34, 1st Battalion 244th Assault Helicopter Battalion.

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EUROPE -- 1940s -- A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Jug" During WW II, the P-47 served in almost every active war theater and in the forces of several Allied nations. Used as both a high-altitude escort fighter and a low-level fighter-bomber, the P-47 quickly gained a reputation for ruggedness -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / USAF

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UK Unidentified port in southern England -- 01 Jun 1944 -- LSTs prepare for the invasion of Normandy, France. Artillery equipment is loaded aboard LST's at an English port. Allied forces invaded continental Europe a few days later after weather hindered the start of the operation. Eventually on the 6th June, the weather cleared and the invasion of Normandy began, leading to the eventual defeat of Hitler's Nazi Germany -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army

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IRAQ -- 13 Jan 2005 -- US Special Forces and Albanian soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Iraq. USAF photo (Released) -- Picture by Mike Buytas / Lightroom Photos / USAF

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KOREA Kagae-dong Region -- 07 Dec 1950 -- These men of the Heavy Mortar Company 7th Infantry Regiment of the US Army go native, cooking rice in their foxhole in the Kagae-dong area, Korea during the Korean War against Chinese and North Korean communist forces -- Picture by Donald Dunbar | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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USA Pentagon -- 08 Nov 2001 -- US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (right) and Gen. Tommy Franks, US Army, commander in chief, US Central Command, brief reporters in the Pentagon on the progress of on-going military operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. US DoD photo (Released) -- Picture by R D Ward / Lightroom Photos / US DoD

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AN OLD WOMAN AND GRANDAUGHTER SURVIVORS AND KURDISH REFUGEES IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN IRAQ AND TURKEY ESCAPING FROM SADDAM HUSSIEN AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GULF WAR

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US Army Sergeant Shane Chapman calls for a medic to treat an Iraqi civilian injured in a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Mosul, Iraq, on March 6 2008. Photo taken by United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Jason Robertson.

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AFGHANISTAN Oruzgan Province -- 28 Apr 2004 -- US Marine Corps Cpl Sean Field steps away from a house in the Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan. Field is assigned as a fire team leader with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. The battalion is the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan conducting combat and civil military operations. USMC photo (Released) -- Picture by Robert Sturkie / Lightroom Photos / USMC

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LOOKING LIKE A BIBLICAL SCENE, A PREGNANT WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND. KURDISH REFUGEES IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN IRAQ AND TURKEY ESCAPING FROM SADDAM HUSSIEN AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GULF WAR

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IRAQ Balad -- Oct 2003 -- A US Army soldier with 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Headquarters, Headquarters Command, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, guards a roadside site near Balad, Iraq where a 1-8 HHC convoy was attacked with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire on October 7, 2003. One U.S. soldier was wounded and about a dozen Iraqis, who were found nearby with weapons, were detained. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Jack Morse / Lightroom Photos / US Army *Best quality available

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USA Pentagon -- 22 Oct 2001 -- US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (right) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers (left), US Air Force, answer journalists questions at a press conference at the Pentagon on the invasion of Afghanistan. US DoD photo (Released) -- Picture by R D Ward / Lightroom Photos / US DoD

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IRAQ Kirkush -- 20 Mar 2005 -- Iraq's new army...Close to 1,500 soldiers in the 13th, 14th, and 15th battalions of the Iraqi Army's 5th Brigade, 3rd Division graduated March 20 at Kirkush Military Training Base -- Picture by Lorie Jewell / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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AKURDISH REFUGEES WITH HER BABY IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN IRAQ AND TURKEY ESCAPING FROM SADDAM HUSSIEN AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GULF WAR ( WE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS SUSPECTED THIS BABY WAS DEAD )

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AN OLD MAN CARRIES AND OLD WOMAN. KURDISH REFUGEES IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN IRAQ AND TURKEY ESCAPING FROM SADDAM HUSSIEN AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GULF WAR. ( EFFECT ADDED TO ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH )

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IRAQ Baghdad -- Nov 2003 -- US Army Private First Class Jessica Lynn Nicholson, 21, a 1st Armored Division soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, Division Engineers, was recently awarded the Army Commendation Medal "for valor and courage in the face of enemy action" in Baghdad, Iraq. Her decisive actions at a security checkpoint prevented the enemy from endangering the lives of her fellow soldiers. She wrestled an Iraqi man to the ground, and held him there until other soldiers could come and zip-cuff the man, after a grenade was found hidden behind the visor in his car. Her weapon is an M-249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon). She often has to ride on the back of a Humvee to provide security with her machine gun, which she has nicknamed Camille, whenever her unit goes on a convoy. US Army Photo (released) -- Picture by Conrad College / Lightroom Photos / US Army

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PERSIAN GULF -- 10 Apr 2003 -- The USS Kitty Hawk?s (CV 63) Deck Department runs tests on a Ridged Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) in the waters of the Persian Gulf. Kitty Hawk is deployed to assist in the invasion of Iraq. US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by William Ramsey / Lightroom Photos / US Navy

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IRAQ Al Asad Air Force Base -- 03 Sep 2007 -- President George W Bush speaks about a recent meeting with Iraqi government officials as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (left) looks on at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. DoD photo (Released) -- Picture by Cherie Thurlby / Lightroom Photos / US DoD