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Civil Military Support Team provide security during visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf

U.S. Army Spc. Clarence Wright, an artilleryman with the Civil Military Support Team and an Andrews, S.C. resident, along with an Afghan National Policemen provide security during a visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf, Ghulam Ali, Parwan province, Oct. 5. Korean Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader Won Hyuk Im visits with Col. Rauf to discuss further assistance with training the ANP. Photo by Spc Kristina Gupton

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Guard Force Marines Make Security a Priority at Geronimo

Cpl. Richard Rupe questions two local Afghan men at a vehicle checkpoint in Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. Rupe is a 24-year-old motor transport operator from Las Vegas deployed with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marines are conducting security patrols in the area to speak with the local populace to identify their issues and concerns.Photo by Lance Cpl. John McCall

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Repairs to Well Give 5,000 Afghanis Drinkable Water

Nearly 5,000 residents of DehDadi, Afghanistan, once again have running water available in their homes this week thanks to the combined efforts of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, Regional Support Command-North, and the Region Command-North Public Affairs Advisory Team. Community members came out to personally thank the service members who worked to facilitate the repairs during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the water well house Aug. 21. The community had been without water for five weeks, leaving local women and children to walk great distances to obtain water from other sources. The community had tried to raise money from residents, but were not able to collect enough to fix the water pump, plumbing, and minor repairs. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Casey Martin

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Marine Corps Super Stallion: Pakistan Disaster Relief

A Marine Corps Super Stallion helicopter from VMM-266 (REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies in route to deliver relief supplies during humanitarian assistance operations in the southern province of Sindh, Pakistan. Photo by Capt. Paul Duncan

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10,000 People Attend John Basilone Parade

A Marine veteran carries a banner for the 1st Marine Division during the annual John Basilone Parade, Raritan, N.J., Sept. 26. More than 150 units marched in the parade and city officials estimate 10,000 people came to the small town in New Jersey to honor John and his heroism. Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal as a member of the 1st Marine Division and then was brought home to help sell war bonds. He requested to return to the Pacific and was killed Feb. 19, 1945. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his last actions giving him the the two highest heroism decorations. Photo by Sgt. Randall Clinton

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Girls Really In To Shooting – GRITS

I have a soft spot in my heart for chicks with guns. I stumbled across these ladies on Facebook.

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Cpl. Paul Miller, Combat Engineer, Honored at Memorial

The 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion’s firing detail executes a 21-gun salute before the playing of Taps during Cpl. Paul Miller’s memorial ceremony aboard Camp Delaram II, Aug. 10. Miller, a combat engineer with 3rd CEB, Regimental Combat Team 2, was killed in action while on a patrol. During the ceremony, many Marines from Miller’s unit spoke about Miller’s character and told stories about Miller, as a Marine and a friend. After the ceremony was concluded, Marines passed by Miller’s battlefield memorial to say a quick prayer and salute the fallen Marine. Photo by Sgt. Dorian Gardner

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Airdrops Break Records in Afghanistan

Forty container-delivery-system bundles, parachute to the ground from a C-17 Globemaster III May 9, 2010, over a drop zone in Afghanistan. Photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez

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Pakistan Humanitarian Aid

A Pakistani soldier watches flour being unloaded from a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter at Rubicon, Pakistan, Sept. 19. Pakistan and it's people, have been recovering from record floods over the recent weeks and many roads were completely destroyed. Photo by: Spc. Stephen J. Schmitz

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Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness Flight

Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara (left) watches as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice along with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent approximately 560 nautical miles North of Barrow, Alaska, during an Arctic domain awareness flight Sept. 3, 2010. The Healy is designed to conduct a wide range of research activities, providing more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches, and accommodations for up to 50 scientists. The Healy is capable of breaking 4 ½ feet of ice continuously at three knots and can operate in temperatures as low as 50 below zero. Photo by Air Station Kodiak

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Stryker Vehicle Convoy heading back to the US

A convoy of Stryker vehicles heads for the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, Aug. 26. Soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team drove the Strykers onto the backs of the trucks before the convoy left for the port, which is the final location in the process of shipping the Strykers to the United States. Photo by Natalie Cole

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170th Soldiers train to keep eyes in the sky

Pfc. Christopher Cervantes, an unmanned aerial vehicle maintainer with 3rd Platoon, 502nd Military Intelligence, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Cpl. Frederick Tuisl III, also an unmanned aerial vehicle maintainer with 3rd Platoon, loads the Shadow RQ-7B unmanned aerial vehicle onto its launcher here during mission readiness training July 8, 2010. Photo by Sgt. Christopher Klutts

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Running for Cover in Afghanistan

Petty Officer 3rd Class Simon Trujillo runs for cover as a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter prepares to take off during the air evacuation of an Afghan boy in the Nawa District of the Helmand province of Afghanistan, July 30.

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Two Fallen Brothers

Lance Cpl. Davide Perna , a 20-year-old fire team leader, with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, renders a salute in front of the memorial of Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert, during a memorial ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Ghar, Jan. 20. Meinert, 20, from Fort Atkinson, Wis., was killed, Jan. 10 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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Firing an illumination round

Cpl. Ryan Thayer, a squad leader of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, and Cpl. Jonathan Roblespaul, a section leader with Alpha Co., duck while firing an illumination round from their M224 60 mm light weight mortar firing tube at Combat Outpost Cafferetta, June 26, to light the sky and expose any enemy fighters from planting improvised explosive devices nearby. “In Now Zad, we have been getting hit with improvised explosive devices along our resupply routes. Last night an observation post reported seeing some suspicious activity,” Thayer said. “We fired illumination rounds to let them know we see them, and if they want to keep putting IED’s in the ground, we are going to take them out.” Photo by Cpl. Daniel Blatter

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