Photo Gallery

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John Miller launches a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz while the ship is under way in the Sea of Japan, March 3, 2010. This was Miller's final catapult launch as strike group commander of Carrier Strike Group 11. He will be relieved by Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, March 6, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr.

U.S. Navy sailors prepare an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter for takeoff in a downpour during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 27, 2010. The Peleliu is under way conducting an integration exercise with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to prepare for a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Russell

U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Munoz holds a goat in Gavband village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 27, 2010. Afghan police officers and U.S. soldiers are conducting security operations along Highway 601 to support Operation 601 Cougar. Munoz is assigned to Company A, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Thomas with Attack Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provides instruction to Afghan National Security Forces during the Task Force Legion Academy at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Afghanistan, on Feb. 25, 2010. The Task Force Legion Academy is a two-week tactical skills training course for members of the Afghan National Security Force. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

SUNSET SCOPE
A U.S. Army soldier searches for enemy movement during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez

TAIL TREATMENT
A U.S. Air Force airman uses a mobile deicer to apply deicing fluid to the tail of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to prepare for a mission on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 22, 2010. The airman is assigned to the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Abner Guzman

VINSON REFUELS
The fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman sends fuel lines over to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a refueling-at-sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 9, 2010. The USS Carl Vinson, which had deployed for Haiti earthquake relief, is now taking part in Southern Seas 2010 as part of a scheduled homeport shift from Norfolk, Va., to San Diego.

SUNSET SUPPLIES
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the cruiser USS Normandy unload humanitarian relief supplies to a village on the island of La Gonave, Haiti, Feb. 4, 2010. Normandy is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after an earthquake devastated the island nation.
U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Adam R. ColeU.S. Navy photo by Seaman Aaron Shelley

STREAM STRIDE
U.S. Army Spc. Jesus B. Fernandez crosses a stream during a unit visit to Angla Kala village in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Feb. 6, 2010. International Security Assistance Force troops regularly meet with village elders to improve communications between residents and government officials. Fernandez is an assistant team leader assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

AGGRESSOR FALCONS
Three U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 64th Aggressor Squadron fly in formation after refueling during exercise Red Flag on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2010. Red Flag, a realistic combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies, is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas.
U.S. Air force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruewald

Shop Talk

SHOP TALK
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Morgan Boyd meets with bazaar shop owners in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2010. Boyd is assigned to the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell

US Army soldier

U.S. Army soldier from Apache troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division signals the location of a rally point to the soldiers behind him while on patrol in Naray, Afghanistan, on Jan. 4, 2010. DoD photo by Sgt. Jennifer Cohen, U.S. Army. (Released)