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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Knolmayer
helps an Afghan girl try on donated
shoes at a humanitarian assistance visit
to the Parwan Refugee Camp in
Afghanistan on Dec. 3, 2008. U.S.
citizens donated clothes, shoes, coats
and blankets to the refugee camp through
Operation Care.
DoD
photo by Master Sgt. Keith Brown, U.S.
Air Force. (Released)
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U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Picking, of
3rd Combat Engineer Battalion,
Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th
Marine Regiment, sweeps the streets
for improvised explosive devices
during a patrol with British Royal
Marines in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on
Sept. 12, 2008. The U.S. Marine
unit, which is a reinforced light
infantry battalion, is clearing the
city of improvised explosive
devices.
DoD photo by Sgt.
Freddy G. Cantu, U.S. Marine Corps.
(Released) |
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A U.S. Marine
serving with Charlie Company,
1st Battalion, 6th Marine
Regiment, 24th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, NATO,
International Security
Assistance Force takes a rest
with his military working dog
following a foot patrol and
search operation near Garmsir in
the Helmand province of
Afghanistan on June 27, 2008.
DoD photo by Cpl.
Andrew J. Carlson, U.S. Marine
Corps. (Released) |
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Eriona
Underwood
hugs
her
father
Petty
Officer
2nd
Class
Erik
Underwood
after
the
hospital
ship
USNS
Mercy
(T-AH
19)
returned
to
Naval
Station
San
Diego,
Calif.,
on
June
8,
2005.
The
Mercy
returned
after
providing
disaster
relief
to
Southeast
Asia
following
the
Dec.
26,
2004,
tsunami.
During
the
deployment
more
than
100,000
patients
were
treated
and
more
than
400
surgeries
were
performed.
DoD
photo
by
Petty
Officer
2nd
Class
Scott
Taylor,
U.S.
Navy.
(Released)
Navy
Hospitalman
Melissa
Boutwell
holds
an
Indonesian
child
suffering
from
a
congenital
heart
abnormality
as
Project
Hope
volunteers
prepare
for
their
departure
from
hospital
ship
USNS
Mercy
(T-AH
19)
which
is
operating
off
the
coast
of
Nias,
Indonesia,
on
April
22,
2005.
The
child
is
one
of
two
young
Indonesian
patients
who
will
be
transported
to
the
U.S.
to
receive
specialized
medical
attention.
DoD
photo
by
Petty
Officer
3rd
Class
Rebecca
J.
Moat,
U.S.
Navy.
(Released)
The
hospital
ship
USNS
Mercy
(T-AH
19)
arrives
on
station
near
Banda
Aceh,
Sumatra,
Indonesia,
on
Feb.
3,
2005,
to
continue
U.S.
military
humanitarian
assistance
and
relief
efforts.
Mercy
is
in
the
region
to
provide
medical
assistance
and
support
to
those
affected
by
the
Dec.
26,
2004,
Indian
Ocean
tsunami.
DoD
photo
by
Petty
Officer
3rd
Class
James
R.
McGury,
U.S.
Navy.
(Released)
U.S.
Army
soldiers
rest
during
a
mission
to
check
security
efforts
at
Salang
tunnel
in
the
Hindu
Kush
mountain
range
in
the
Parwan
province
of
Afghanistan
on
Jan.
30,
2009.
The
soldiers
are
with
Alpha
Company,
Division
Special
Troop
Battalion,
101st
Airborne
Division.
DoD
photo
by
Spc.
Scott
Davis,
U.S.
Army.
(Released)
An
interpreter
explains
how
an
Afghan
man
was
injured
to
U.S.
Navy
Chief
Petty
Officer
Alan
Boles
in
the
Farah
province
of
Afghanistan
on
Jan.
21,
2009.
Boles
splinted
and
rewrapped
the
manís
ankle.
U.S.
Marines
with
Weapons
Company,
3rd
Battalion,
8th
Marine
Regiment,
2nd
Marine
Division
assigned
to
Special
Marine
Air
Ground
Task
Force
are
in
the
area
conducting
road
improvements
to
Highway
515.
DoD
photo
by
Gunnery
Sgt.
James
A.
Burks,
U.S.
Marine
Corps.
(Released)
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