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01-16-2004, 09:45 AM
I couldn't resist ...
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Palestinian militants from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ride on top of a vehicle with their weapons during the funeral of female suicide bomber Reem Raiyshi, 22, in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Raiyshi blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Israeli soldiers grieve during the funeral of Cpl. Andrei Kegeles in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Kegeles and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Ronen Lidor)
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Friends of Israeli Border Police Staff Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky comfort each other during his funeral in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Trostiansky, 22, and three other soldiers were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Friends of Israeli soldier Tzur Or comfort each other during his funeral in the town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Or and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Eric Sultan)
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As an Israeli soldier salutes, friends and relatives grieve during the funeral of of Israeli soldier Tzur Or in the town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Or and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Eric Sultan)
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Israeli border police officers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt Vladimir Trostiansky for burial after his funeral in the city of Rehovot, Israel, south of Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Trostiansky, 22, and three other Israelis were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday in the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Raanan Cohen)
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Relatives and friends of Israeli Border Police Staff Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky comfort eachother during his funeral in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Trostinsky, 22, and three others were killed by a Palestinian female suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, is watched by children during friday prayers at a mosque in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Israel is set to resume targeted killings of top Hamas militants and leveled a blunt warning to the group's elderly spiritual leader that he tops the list of those to be hunted and put to death. The threat comes after a Palestinian suicide attacker blew herself up this week at a crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killingfour Israelis. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Two Israeli border police officers guard during a protest in the West Bank village of Budrus, near the line with Israel, southeast of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Palestinians and international peace activists protested against the construction of the barrier and planted trees on the sight of the construction. Graffiti in Hebrew says "Without borders bring down the walls" . ( AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
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An Israeli soldier points his rifle at a Palestinian woman and her child as they cross the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday Jan. 15, 2004 after they were turned back when trying to enter Nablus, which is under curfew. (AP Photo/Nassser Ishtayeh)
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A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's armored personnel carrier goes through the traffic as it heads back to the base in northern city of Asahikawa, Japan, Thursday. Jan. 15, 2004. Units based in the city will form the bulk of 600 ground troops that Japan is planning to send on a humanitarian mission to Iraq. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Japan Self-Defense Force Col. Masahisa Sato, right, leader of an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq, receives a team flag from a Defense Agency official in a ceremony at the agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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An advance team and their backup team members of Japan Self-Defense Force bound for Iraq stand at attention in a ceremony at Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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Col. Masahisa Sato of Japan Self-Defense Force, left, leader of an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq, and his team members salute after receiving a team flag in a ceremony at Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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Advance team leader Masahisa Sato, right, leads his team members to a bus before leaving for the airport at the Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Wearing black berets and rising sun patches on the backs of their uniforms, an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq was honored in a ceremony marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and most dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
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Eleven female soldiers, part of the second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army, participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be depolyed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio).
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The second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be depolyed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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The second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in the Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be deployed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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U.S. Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, tours on the Great Wall of China in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Myers was in China as part of a nine-day trip to Asia and Australia to promote U.S. military contacts in the region. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
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Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, left, is met by Australian Prime Minister John Howard at Howard's Sydney residence as rain falls Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. General Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, second left, gestures as Australian Prime Minister John Howard, left, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Tom Schieffer and military atache Col. Michael Mahar listens during a meeting at Howard's Sydney residence Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. General Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, pool)
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, left, salutes before he inspects an honor guard of Australian military in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004.
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, right, inspects an honor guard of Australian military in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Gen. Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, left, salutes after he and Australian Defense Force chief Gen. Peter Cosgrove lay reaths at the tomb of the unkown soldier at the Australian War Memorial in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Gen. Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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The empty aircraft maintenance hangar of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico is pictured on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Military support ships stand idle at the pier of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Wilson, Chief Commander of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, smiles while speaking with reporters at his office in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Canadian soldiers watch as heavy military equipment moves past the ruined King's Palace in clouds of diesel smoke Thursday Jan. 15, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dozens of rocket launch platforms, artillery pieces and military vehicles were collected from militia bases around Kabul and taken to an Afghan Defense Department weapons cantonment outside Kabul as part of an effort to demilitarise the capital. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
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Pte Shawn Stienmarr of Charles Company, Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR BG) monitors heavy weapons from the Afghan Militia Force as they are prepared for movement to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
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Members of Charles Company, Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR BG) monitor heavy weapons from the Afghan Militia Forces as they are delivered to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
Heavy Weapons Cantonment began on January 15th at the Afghan Militia Forces’ 88th Brigade Headquarters, located just beside Camp Julien in the vicinity of Kabul.
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Artillery pieces from the Afghan Militia Force are moved onto a truck in preparation for moving to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
Heavy Weapons Cantonment began on January 15th at the Afghan Militia Forces’ 88th Brigade Headquarters, located just beside Camp Julien in the vicinity of Kabul. This milestone was made possible on January 12th when LGen Bismullah Kahn, Afghan Ministry of Defence (MOD) Chief of Staff, and MGen Andrew Leslie, ISAF Deputy Commander, signed an agreement authorizing the movement of AMF heavy weapons in the Kabul area to cantonment sites outside Kabul city limits.
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Major-General Andrew Leslie, Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, addresses media and guests at a ceremony marking the movement of heavy weapons of the Afghan Militia Force to a cantonment site outside Kabul. An agreement reached on Jan 12, 2004 between MGen Leslie and LGen Bismullah Kahn, Afghan Ministry of Defence Chief of Staff lead to the movement of the weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple launch rocket systems and artillery pieces.
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Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division and 1st Infantry Division enjoy some computer time in their camp's newly-opened internet cafe Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004 near Fallujah, Iraq. After two months of waiting for the completion of the computer tent, soldiers now have access to email and militaryphotos.net (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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A U.S. soldier watches from his vehicle as Iraqi families protest from the roadside in the Arasat al-Hindia neighborhood of Baghdad Friday Jan. 16, 2004. The family members, who have been squatting in abandoned homes in the area after being left homeless since the war in 2003, claim that American troops have given them a three-day deadline to leave because there is a U.S. military base adjacent to them. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Awardees from the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps stand proudly while the audience applauds in the auditorium of the Iraqi Convention Center in Baghdad during the recognition ceremony. (photo by Spc. Chad D. Wilkerson, 372nd MPAD)SEE LATEST STORIES
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Guardsmen from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s first Iraqi Civil Defense Corps class on Redcatcher Field, Camp Muleskinner during their graduation ceremony Jan. 9. (Photo by Capt. Sean P Kirley, 2nd ACR Regimental PAO)SEE LATEST STORIES
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Indian army soldiers of the Sikh Li regiment march during the Army Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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An Indian police officer briefs his colleagues on the eve of the World Social Forum (WSF) conference in Bombay, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Thousands of anti-globalization activist are gathering in Bombay for the WSF that starts from Jan.16 to 21. This is the first time the annual globalization protest meeting will be held in Asia. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Indian soldiers take cover behind walls of a residential house during a gun battle with militants in Umerabad, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Indian soldiers have killed three top commanders of Kashmirs largest militant group Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen in two days of gunbattles in insurgency torn Jammu-Kashmir state (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Indonesia soldiers carry the body of Said Adnan, who has been identified as a governor for the Free Aceh Movement in North Aceh, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia. Indonesia claimed on Friday that troops have gunned down Adnan, a separatist rebel leader, who was on the military's most-wanted list, in restive Aceh province. (AP Photo)
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San Diego, Calif. (Jan 10, 2004) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway prepares to moor at its final resting place at Navy pier where it will become the largest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. The ship was temporarily moored at Naval Air Station North Island this past week so that preparations could be made to formally present the aircraft carrier to the city of San Diego. When commissioned on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB 41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For more information on her history with the U.S Navy go to the following link: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv41-midway/cv41-midway.html. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ramon Preciado. (RELEASED)
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Worth, Texas (Jan. 11, 2004) -- Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, shakes hands with one of the many naval reservists and active duty Sailors assigned to the Lone Star Express of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Nine (VR-59) and the Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Zero One (VFA-201). Senator Hutchison spoke about the heroic efforts of the “Hunters” in a Senate floor speech last year and was on hand to present a copy of the speech to members of the squadron. Both squadrons are stationed at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Eric A. Clement. (RELEASED)
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Sukran namens de kinderen van Darachi
Bange gezichtjes veranderden snel in lachende gezichtjes.
Toen we gisteren op de school in Darraji (een dorpje 25 kilometer van ons kamp af) aankwamen keken de kinderen een beetje argwanend. De meesters waren blij want ze zagen al snel dat we niet met lege handen kwamen. Het aantal kinderen op school was meer dan we verwacht hadden namelijk 300. Gelukkig konden we elk kind een leuke beer of knuffel geven, ook bleef er speelgoed, kleurpotloden, viltstiften, wasco e.d. achter voor de school zelf.
Dankbare meesters (strenge gezichten speciaal voor de foto) en leuke juffrouwen die overigens op de achtergrond blijven en niet op de foto mogen.
SUKRAN (dank je wel) klonk het rondom ons heen uit de mond van honderden stralende kindergezichtjes toen we vertokken. SUKRAN aan alle grote en kleine mensen die vanuit Nederland knuffels speelgoed of andere dingen hebben gestuurd. We zijn nog niet alles kwijt maar zullen een goede bestemming vinden voor alle spullen die jullie sturen vinden.
Groetjes vanuit een winters Irak
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Cpl. Richard M. Stayskat, an infantry Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, zeros in downrange as part of a weeklong sniper training exercise Jan. 7 in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom 2.
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CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan - Jeannette Crow, group fitness instructor, Marine Corps Community Services, ensures everyone executes the exercises correctly at “Absolute Abs” to increase the effectiveness of the workout Dec. 5 at the House of Pain.
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CAMP HANSON- Sergeant Gabriel H. Perez, a Sonora, Texas native, and Sgt. Scott H. Moss, a Daphney, Ala. native practice Marine Corps Martial Arts techniques in preparation for their battalion’s deployment to Iraq. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, arrived Okinawa in mid-December and received new orders to support the security and stability operations in Iraq.
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Sgt. Jerry S. Onken, 33, of Onamia, Minn., his hands bound by rope, is escorted by a South Korean official as he enters the Suwon District Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, on Thursday. Onken, with the 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, at Suwon Air Base, is charged with fleeing the scene of an accident last November that resulted in the death of a 22-year-old South Korean woman. He is the first U.S. soldier to be handed over to South Korean authorities for custody before a trial under a 2001 revision in Status of Forces Agreement, which gave South Korea greater authority over accused U.S. soldiers.
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Sgt. Jerry S. Onken is escorted into the Suwon District Court by a South Korean official Thursday.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti -- Marine Brig. Gen. Mastin M. Robeson, commanding general Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, cuts the ribbon with Ibrahim Soubaneh Rayaleh, commissioner for the District of Ali Sabieh, to dedicate the recent renovations on the primary school here Jan. 12.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti – Army Capt. Joseph P. Roberts, project leader for 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, shakes the hand of a local student after receiving a gift from him at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Jan. 12. The celebration marked the finish of many new renovations made to the primary school in the village.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti -- Marine Brig. Gen. Mastin M. Robeson, commanding general Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, plays soccer with school children during a social gathering at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Jan. 12. The ceremony commemorates the renovations of the primary school in the village.
Visit
by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
to Bosnia-Herzegovina
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Maj. Michael Hoepfner completes his checkout flight in Raptor No. 18 recently as the first local F/A-22 fighter pilot to finish his training here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa Carroll)
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadet 3rd Class Robert Kurpiel (foreground) tests the F/A-22 Raptor's lethality by engaging four aerial targets using the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 flight simulator Jan. 8. Academy cadets and staff got the opportunity to enjoy the flight simulator and talk with F/A-22 test pilots and program workers. (Altered U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Strayer)
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TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Estonian Cpl. Taivo Kahrets helps push a pallet of cargo into a Georgia Air National Guard C-130 Hercules here Jan. 14. The corporal is one of about a dozen Estonians helping the base's aerial port flight move cargo through here. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham)
Remember the C5 that got hit over Baghdad?
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Maintenance and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadrons remove the No. 4 engine from a C-5 Galaxy at a forward-deployed location here Jan. 14. The Galaxy landed with three engines after it had an in-flight emergency during take off from Baghdad International Airport. Initial reports indicate the incident was the result of hostile action from the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Maintenance and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadrons remove the No. 4 engine from a C-5 Galaxy at a forward-deployed location here Jan. 14. The Galaxy landed with three engines after it had an in-flight emergency during take off from Baghdad International Airport. Initial reports indicate the incident was the result of hostile action from the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)
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Palestinian militants from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ride on top of a vehicle with their weapons during the funeral of female suicide bomber Reem Raiyshi, 22, in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Raiyshi blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Israeli soldiers grieve during the funeral of Cpl. Andrei Kegeles in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Kegeles and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Ronen Lidor)
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Friends of Israeli Border Police Staff Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky comfort each other during his funeral in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Trostiansky, 22, and three other soldiers were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Friends of Israeli soldier Tzur Or comfort each other during his funeral in the town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Or and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Eric Sultan)
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As an Israeli soldier salutes, friends and relatives grieve during the funeral of of Israeli soldier Tzur Or in the town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Or and three other Israelis were killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AP Photo/Eric Sultan)
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Israeli border police officers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt Vladimir Trostiansky for burial after his funeral in the city of Rehovot, Israel, south of Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Trostiansky, 22, and three other Israelis were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday in the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Raanan Cohen)
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Relatives and friends of Israeli Border Police Staff Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky comfort eachother during his funeral in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Trostinsky, 22, and three others were killed by a Palestinian female suicide bomber Wednesday at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, is watched by children during friday prayers at a mosque in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Israel is set to resume targeted killings of top Hamas militants and leveled a blunt warning to the group's elderly spiritual leader that he tops the list of those to be hunted and put to death. The threat comes after a Palestinian suicide attacker blew herself up this week at a crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killingfour Israelis. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Two Israeli border police officers guard during a protest in the West Bank village of Budrus, near the line with Israel, southeast of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 15, 2004. Palestinians and international peace activists protested against the construction of the barrier and planted trees on the sight of the construction. Graffiti in Hebrew says "Without borders bring down the walls" . ( AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
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An Israeli soldier points his rifle at a Palestinian woman and her child as they cross the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday Jan. 15, 2004 after they were turned back when trying to enter Nablus, which is under curfew. (AP Photo/Nassser Ishtayeh)
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A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's armored personnel carrier goes through the traffic as it heads back to the base in northern city of Asahikawa, Japan, Thursday. Jan. 15, 2004. Units based in the city will form the bulk of 600 ground troops that Japan is planning to send on a humanitarian mission to Iraq. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Japan Self-Defense Force Col. Masahisa Sato, right, leader of an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq, receives a team flag from a Defense Agency official in a ceremony at the agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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An advance team and their backup team members of Japan Self-Defense Force bound for Iraq stand at attention in a ceremony at Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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Col. Masahisa Sato of Japan Self-Defense Force, left, leader of an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq, and his team members salute after receiving a team flag in a ceremony at Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. The 30-person contingent will leave for Kuwait later in the day to follow an advance team of Air Force staff who is already in the city. (AP Photo/POOL, Katsumi Kasahara)
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Advance team leader Masahisa Sato, right, leads his team members to a bus before leaving for the airport at the Defense Agency in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Wearing black berets and rising sun patches on the backs of their uniforms, an advance team of Japanese soldiers bound for Iraq was honored in a ceremony marking the beginning of Japan's biggest and most dangerous overseas military mission since World War II. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
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Eleven female soldiers, part of the second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army, participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be depolyed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio).
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The second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be depolyed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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The second "XATRUCH" miltary contigent, comprised of 370 soldiers of the Honduran Army participate in a training exercise Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 in the Tamara Municipality of Francisco Morazan in Honduras. The "XATRUCH" miltary contigent will be deployed to Iraq in February. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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U.S. Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, tours on the Great Wall of China in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Myers was in China as part of a nine-day trip to Asia and Australia to promote U.S. military contacts in the region. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
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Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, left, is met by Australian Prime Minister John Howard at Howard's Sydney residence as rain falls Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. General Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, second left, gestures as Australian Prime Minister John Howard, left, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Tom Schieffer and military atache Col. Michael Mahar listens during a meeting at Howard's Sydney residence Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. General Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, pool)
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, left, salutes before he inspects an honor guard of Australian military in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004.
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, right, inspects an honor guard of Australian military in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Gen. Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, left, salutes after he and Australian Defense Force chief Gen. Peter Cosgrove lay reaths at the tomb of the unkown soldier at the Australian War Memorial in the Australian capital of Canberra Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Gen. Myers is visiting Australia as part of a nine-day international tour. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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The empty aircraft maintenance hangar of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico is pictured on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Military support ships stand idle at the pier of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Wilson, Chief Commander of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, smiles while speaking with reporters at his office in Ceiba, Puerto Rico on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Closing the curtain on operations that have spanned six decades, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that bombs, torpedoes and other supplies have been removed from its sole base in Puerto Rico to prepare for decommissioning. About 2,200 troops and civilian personnel are to be moved or offered jobs elsewhere by the time the base closes March 31. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Canadian soldiers watch as heavy military equipment moves past the ruined King's Palace in clouds of diesel smoke Thursday Jan. 15, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dozens of rocket launch platforms, artillery pieces and military vehicles were collected from militia bases around Kabul and taken to an Afghan Defense Department weapons cantonment outside Kabul as part of an effort to demilitarise the capital. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
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Pte Shawn Stienmarr of Charles Company, Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR BG) monitors heavy weapons from the Afghan Militia Force as they are prepared for movement to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
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Members of Charles Company, Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group (3 RCR BG) monitor heavy weapons from the Afghan Militia Forces as they are delivered to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
Heavy Weapons Cantonment began on January 15th at the Afghan Militia Forces’ 88th Brigade Headquarters, located just beside Camp Julien in the vicinity of Kabul.
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Artillery pieces from the Afghan Militia Force are moved onto a truck in preparation for moving to a cantonment site outside Kabul. The heavy weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery pieces were moved under an agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan Militia Forces.
Heavy Weapons Cantonment began on January 15th at the Afghan Militia Forces’ 88th Brigade Headquarters, located just beside Camp Julien in the vicinity of Kabul. This milestone was made possible on January 12th when LGen Bismullah Kahn, Afghan Ministry of Defence (MOD) Chief of Staff, and MGen Andrew Leslie, ISAF Deputy Commander, signed an agreement authorizing the movement of AMF heavy weapons in the Kabul area to cantonment sites outside Kabul city limits.
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Major-General Andrew Leslie, Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, addresses media and guests at a ceremony marking the movement of heavy weapons of the Afghan Militia Force to a cantonment site outside Kabul. An agreement reached on Jan 12, 2004 between MGen Leslie and LGen Bismullah Kahn, Afghan Ministry of Defence Chief of Staff lead to the movement of the weapons, consisting of surface-to-surface missile systems, multiple launch rocket systems and artillery pieces.
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Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division and 1st Infantry Division enjoy some computer time in their camp's newly-opened internet cafe Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004 near Fallujah, Iraq. After two months of waiting for the completion of the computer tent, soldiers now have access to email and militaryphotos.net (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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A U.S. soldier watches from his vehicle as Iraqi families protest from the roadside in the Arasat al-Hindia neighborhood of Baghdad Friday Jan. 16, 2004. The family members, who have been squatting in abandoned homes in the area after being left homeless since the war in 2003, claim that American troops have given them a three-day deadline to leave because there is a U.S. military base adjacent to them. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Awardees from the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps stand proudly while the audience applauds in the auditorium of the Iraqi Convention Center in Baghdad during the recognition ceremony. (photo by Spc. Chad D. Wilkerson, 372nd MPAD)SEE LATEST STORIES
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Guardsmen from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s first Iraqi Civil Defense Corps class on Redcatcher Field, Camp Muleskinner during their graduation ceremony Jan. 9. (Photo by Capt. Sean P Kirley, 2nd ACR Regimental PAO)SEE LATEST STORIES
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Indian army soldiers of the Sikh Li regiment march during the Army Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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An Indian police officer briefs his colleagues on the eve of the World Social Forum (WSF) conference in Bombay, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004. Thousands of anti-globalization activist are gathering in Bombay for the WSF that starts from Jan.16 to 21. This is the first time the annual globalization protest meeting will be held in Asia. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Indian soldiers take cover behind walls of a residential house during a gun battle with militants in Umerabad, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Indian soldiers have killed three top commanders of Kashmirs largest militant group Hezb-ul-Mujahedeen in two days of gunbattles in insurgency torn Jammu-Kashmir state (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Indonesia soldiers carry the body of Said Adnan, who has been identified as a governor for the Free Aceh Movement in North Aceh, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia. Indonesia claimed on Friday that troops have gunned down Adnan, a separatist rebel leader, who was on the military's most-wanted list, in restive Aceh province. (AP Photo)
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San Diego, Calif. (Jan 10, 2004) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway prepares to moor at its final resting place at Navy pier where it will become the largest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. The ship was temporarily moored at Naval Air Station North Island this past week so that preparations could be made to formally present the aircraft carrier to the city of San Diego. When commissioned on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB 41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For more information on her history with the U.S Navy go to the following link: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv41-midway/cv41-midway.html. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ramon Preciado. (RELEASED)
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Worth, Texas (Jan. 11, 2004) -- Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, shakes hands with one of the many naval reservists and active duty Sailors assigned to the Lone Star Express of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Nine (VR-59) and the Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Zero One (VFA-201). Senator Hutchison spoke about the heroic efforts of the “Hunters” in a Senate floor speech last year and was on hand to present a copy of the speech to members of the squadron. Both squadrons are stationed at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Eric A. Clement. (RELEASED)
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Sukran namens de kinderen van Darachi
Bange gezichtjes veranderden snel in lachende gezichtjes.
Toen we gisteren op de school in Darraji (een dorpje 25 kilometer van ons kamp af) aankwamen keken de kinderen een beetje argwanend. De meesters waren blij want ze zagen al snel dat we niet met lege handen kwamen. Het aantal kinderen op school was meer dan we verwacht hadden namelijk 300. Gelukkig konden we elk kind een leuke beer of knuffel geven, ook bleef er speelgoed, kleurpotloden, viltstiften, wasco e.d. achter voor de school zelf.
Dankbare meesters (strenge gezichten speciaal voor de foto) en leuke juffrouwen die overigens op de achtergrond blijven en niet op de foto mogen.
SUKRAN (dank je wel) klonk het rondom ons heen uit de mond van honderden stralende kindergezichtjes toen we vertokken. SUKRAN aan alle grote en kleine mensen die vanuit Nederland knuffels speelgoed of andere dingen hebben gestuurd. We zijn nog niet alles kwijt maar zullen een goede bestemming vinden voor alle spullen die jullie sturen vinden.
Groetjes vanuit een winters Irak
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Cpl. Richard M. Stayskat, an infantry Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, zeros in downrange as part of a weeklong sniper training exercise Jan. 7 in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom 2.
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CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan - Jeannette Crow, group fitness instructor, Marine Corps Community Services, ensures everyone executes the exercises correctly at “Absolute Abs” to increase the effectiveness of the workout Dec. 5 at the House of Pain.
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CAMP HANSON- Sergeant Gabriel H. Perez, a Sonora, Texas native, and Sgt. Scott H. Moss, a Daphney, Ala. native practice Marine Corps Martial Arts techniques in preparation for their battalion’s deployment to Iraq. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, arrived Okinawa in mid-December and received new orders to support the security and stability operations in Iraq.
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Sgt. Jerry S. Onken, 33, of Onamia, Minn., his hands bound by rope, is escorted by a South Korean official as he enters the Suwon District Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, on Thursday. Onken, with the 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, at Suwon Air Base, is charged with fleeing the scene of an accident last November that resulted in the death of a 22-year-old South Korean woman. He is the first U.S. soldier to be handed over to South Korean authorities for custody before a trial under a 2001 revision in Status of Forces Agreement, which gave South Korea greater authority over accused U.S. soldiers.
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Sgt. Jerry S. Onken is escorted into the Suwon District Court by a South Korean official Thursday.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti -- Marine Brig. Gen. Mastin M. Robeson, commanding general Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, cuts the ribbon with Ibrahim Soubaneh Rayaleh, commissioner for the District of Ali Sabieh, to dedicate the recent renovations on the primary school here Jan. 12.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti – Army Capt. Joseph P. Roberts, project leader for 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, shakes the hand of a local student after receiving a gift from him at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Jan. 12. The celebration marked the finish of many new renovations made to the primary school in the village.
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ALI ADDE, Djibouti -- Marine Brig. Gen. Mastin M. Robeson, commanding general Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, plays soccer with school children during a social gathering at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Jan. 12. The ceremony commemorates the renovations of the primary school in the village.
Visit
by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
to Bosnia-Herzegovina
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Maj. Michael Hoepfner completes his checkout flight in Raptor No. 18 recently as the first local F/A-22 fighter pilot to finish his training here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa Carroll)
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadet 3rd Class Robert Kurpiel (foreground) tests the F/A-22 Raptor's lethality by engaging four aerial targets using the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 flight simulator Jan. 8. Academy cadets and staff got the opportunity to enjoy the flight simulator and talk with F/A-22 test pilots and program workers. (Altered U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Strayer)
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TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Estonian Cpl. Taivo Kahrets helps push a pallet of cargo into a Georgia Air National Guard C-130 Hercules here Jan. 14. The corporal is one of about a dozen Estonians helping the base's aerial port flight move cargo through here. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham)
Remember the C5 that got hit over Baghdad?
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Maintenance and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadrons remove the No. 4 engine from a C-5 Galaxy at a forward-deployed location here Jan. 14. The Galaxy landed with three engines after it had an in-flight emergency during take off from Baghdad International Airport. Initial reports indicate the incident was the result of hostile action from the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Maintenance and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadrons remove the No. 4 engine from a C-5 Galaxy at a forward-deployed location here Jan. 14. The Galaxy landed with three engines after it had an in-flight emergency during take off from Baghdad International Airport. Initial reports indicate the incident was the result of hostile action from the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)