Today's Pics! Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

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GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 22, 2008) An SH-60F Sea Hawk, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 3, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as another Seahawk departs. Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are on deployment in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, and are focused on reassuring regional partners of the U.S. commitment to security, which promotes stability and global prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Remus Borisov/Released)

GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 22, 2008) Two F/A-18E Super Hornets, assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are on deployment in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, and are focused on reassuring regional partners of the U.S. commitment to security, which promotes stability and global prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Remus Borisov/Released)

HONG KONG (Nov. 22, 2008) Quartermaster Seaman Elvis Gomez, from Manhattan, N.Y., and assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), makes reports on surface contacts as Essex enters Hong Kong harbor. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released)

HONG KONG (Nov. 22, 2008) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) arrives in Hong Kong for a scheduled port visit. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed expeditionary strike group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Didier/Released)

INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) Sailors from the visit, board, search, and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) conduct compliant boarding training aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168). Vella Gulf is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 22, 2008) A landing craft unit assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2 embarks aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). Carter Hall is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility with the Iwo Jima Strike Group to conduct maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Flordeliz Valerio/Released)

NORFOLK (Nov. 24, 2008) Family members of the crew of Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) watch as the boat returns from a six-month deployment. This is Jacksonville's first deployment in five years after a recent refueling and modernization, and the first deployment for 80% of the crew. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Xander Gamble (Released)

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2008) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Meghan Cox, left, and Construction Electrician Constructionman Steven Gawlas search Construction Electrician 3rd Class Travis Walker during an immediate action drill. The goal of the training is to acclimate members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 in proper searching procedures, rules of engagement, and proper treatment of prisoners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/Released)

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2008) Members of First Squad, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, perform crowd control drills in Port Hueneme. The drill trains Seabees to perform defensive non-lethal tactics against a hostile civilian population. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/Released)

DJIBOUTI (Oct. 11, 2008) Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 construct a ramp on a derailed train boxcar in order to rescue several camels that were aboard. NMCB-4 is on a six-month deployment supporting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and is completing missions in various countries in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Stanely Parker/Released)

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Looks like they're doing the Electric Slide dance to me!

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Two Paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, toss a duffle bag from a UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter that's hovering 20 feet over the ground during speedball training on November 19. Using speed balls, duffle bags full of supplies, is a quick and easy way to deliver supplies when they're unable to land the helicopter. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO)

Sgt. Matthew Momenee, a medic from Company C, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, tosses a duffle bag from a UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter during speedball training on November 19. The Paratroopers were dropping the duffle bags from 20 feet up in the air. The training was to help simulate dropping off supplies to an area where landing a helicopter wouldn't be possible. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO)

Two Paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attach a harness attached to humvee to the bottom of a UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter during sling load training on November 17. Sling loading objects is a way to move supplies quickly when the terrain does not permit it. . (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. PAO)

Two Paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attach a humvee by harness to the bottom of a UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter during sling load training on Nov. 17. Sling load is a technique used to quickly move supplies to one area to another by helicopter. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO)

Two Paratroopers from the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, direct a UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter over a humvee where three Paratroopers are waiting to a attach a humvee to the bottom of Blackhawk during sling load training. The sling load training was part of the 407th BSB Field Training Exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO)

A UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter flies a humvee overhead during sling load training that took place during the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, field training exercise. During the sling load training the paratroopers learned how to attach humvees to the bottom of a helicopter; this technique makes for easy and quick delivery of supplies when the terrain isn't easy to maneuver through. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Susan Wilt, 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO)

After completion of their simulated chemical collection Soldiers must carry out a rigorous and tedious decontamination process that includes the scrubbing of the entire Level A ,self containing breathing apparatus gear, and all equipment used at the contaminated area. Photo by Jasmine Morales, 1st Cav. Div. PAO
November 24, 2008

A member of a chemical reconnaissance team gives thumbs up to signal completion of this chemical situational training exercise. Photo by Jasmine Morales, 1st Cav. Div. PAO November 24, 2008

The chemicals retrieved during Toxic Industrial Chemical Protection and Detection Equipment (TICPDE) training is inserted into this computerized sensor, which identifies the agent from an internal chemical library. Photo by Jasmine Morales, 1st Cav. Div. PAO November 24, 2008

Soldiers participating in the toxic industrial chemical protection and detection equipment (TICPDE) training use a HazMat ID to identify chemical agents Nov. 18 at Fort Hood, Texas. The handheld device uses a computerized sensor and diamond plate technology to detect the presence of a wide variety of chemical substances, from common household items to deadly industrial toxins. Photo by Jasmine Morales, 1st Cav. Div. PAO November 24, 2008

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What is that and what it use for?

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Two F-15 Eagles soar with a Lithuanian air force L-39 Albatross during an exercise intercept Nov. 11 over Siauliai, Lithuania. The F-15s are supporting the NATO Baltic air policing mission. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Maj. David Pryor removes his helmet after a mock scramble Nov. 11 in Siauliai, Lithuania. The pilots stay on alert status 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to support the NATO Baltic air policing mission. Major Pryor is a 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Glenn inspects the missiles on an F-15 Eagle after landing Nov. 11 at Siauliai, Lithuania. Sergeant Glenn ensures the weapons are secured to the aircraft and makes any necessary adjustments due to movement in flight. He is a 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons loader. (U.S. Air Force photo)

A C-130 Hercules prepares to depart a Southwest Asia air base on a sortie en route to Iraq. The C-130s are vital to transporting passengers and cargo, providing intra-theater heavy airlift and supporting operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. The C-130 is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore)

Students from the American University of Central Asia try on individual body armor used by forces deploying to Afghanistan during a Nov. 5 visit to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. Students learned about the mission and the Airmen who serve at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Patrick J. McCracken)

An M1A1 Abrams tank from Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division rests on a raft towed by Mark III Bridge Erection Boats from Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group on Oct. 10. The companies conducted a river-crossing exercise to get heavy equipment across the river in the most efficient manner and hone their skills. Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Vara

An M1A1 Abrams tank from Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division rests on a raft from Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group as it makes its way across the New River on Oct. 10. The companies conducted a river-crossing exercise to get tanks across the river and hone their skills. Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Vara

An M1A1 Abrams tank from Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division backs up onto a raft to be transported from Landing Zone Jaybird to Camp Devil Dog on Oct. 10. The tankers teamed up with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group to conduct a river-crossing exercise to hone their skills and move heavy equipment in the most efficient manner. Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Vara

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U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Ryan, medic, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, administers the influenza vaccine to Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Atkins, 574th Quartermaster Company, 16th STB, at the troop medical clinic at Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2008. U.S. Army photo

Sgts. Bill Lightner, Brandon Moore and Curtis Long (from left) place C4 on a pile of unexploded ordnance in a training site in the Middle East, Nov. 18, 2008. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's explosive ordnance disposal Marines safely cleared hundreds of pounds of unexploded ordnance found on a firing range, which was later to be used by the Marine Expeditionary Unit's Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, for training. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason D. Mills

Unexploded ordnance is detonated by the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's explosive ordnance disposal Marines at a training site in the Middle East, Nov. 17, 2008. The Marines safely cleared hundreds of pounds of unexploded ordnance found on a range, which was later used for training. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason D. Mills

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An HH-60H Seahawk assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 displays the ability to launch flares and quickly maneuver out of a vulnerable position during an air power demonstration alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 21, 2008. The Ronald Reagan is on a scheduled deployment operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Shaina Hayden, ship's navigator, makes an entry in the deck log while the littoral combat ship USS Freedom gets under way, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 21, 2008. Freedom is the first of two littoral combat ships designed to operate in shallow water environments to counter threats in coastal regions. The ship was commissioned Nov. 8 in Milwaukee and will make port calls while on its way to Norfolk, Va. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom sails upstream in the Saint Lawrence River, Nov, 19, 2008. Freedom is the first of two littoral combat ships designed to operate in shallow water environments to counter threats in coastal regions. It is en route to Norfolk, Va. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Judy Rivera, left, and Lance Cpl. Oscar Iniguez throw water on a playground slide before cleaning it at the Regional Institute for Active Learning during a community event in Bahrain, Nov. 15, 2008. Rivera and Iniguez are assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio, deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Goodwin

U.S. Army soldiers search a house during an early morning raid near the city of Tarmiyah, Iraq, on Nov. 18, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Duffett makes sure his trainee inspects each required section of his plane before a training flight on Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2008. Duffett is a flight instructor and assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Flight Squadron. The squadron is training Iraqi Air Force flight trainees. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marvin L. Daniels

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Abundiz, right, looks outside the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after completing Operation Cordon 2 on a flight from Samarra to Forward Operating Base Brassfield Mora, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. Abundiz and fellow soldiers are assigned to Headquarters, 2-327 Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kani Ronningen

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Russian warship arrives in La Guaira port, Venezuela.

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Russian warship arrives in La Guaira port, Venezuela.

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U.S. President George W. Bush poses with U.S. military personnel at the Campbell Army Airfield at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

US President-elect Barack Obama speaks in front of Peter Orszag (L), the current director of the Congressional Budget Office, as he announces Orszag as his choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget during a news conference in Chicago November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Security forces gather at the site where seven slain bodies were found in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, November 25, 2008. The bodies of seven men with signs of torture and bullet wounds were found along side three banners threatening rival gangs, according to local media. More than 4,300 people have been killed in drug violence this year as cartels from Sinaloa state try to dominate the Mexican drug trade, fighting rivals and the security forces. by REUTERS

A general view shows a flooded farm near Itajai in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 25, 2008. Isolated towns in southern Brazil appealed for medicine and other supplies on Tuesday as the death toll from landslides and floods rose to 65 and many areas remained cut off from clean water and power. Days of heavy rain have devastated areas of Santa Catarina state, the heartland of German and Italian immigrants in Brazil, burying houses and their residents in rivers of mud, collapsing roads and leaving 52,000 people without shelter. by REUTERS

Venezuelan soldiers fire a salvo as part of a welcome ceremony for a Russian warship arriving at the port of La Guaira outside Caracas November 25, 2008. A fleet of Russian warships arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to conduct joint naval exercises off the Caribbean nation. The exercises, which are being closely watched by the United States, coincide with the visit of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, who is due in Venezuela on Wednesday. by REUTERS

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (3rd L) reviews the honor guard during a wreath laying ceremony at the Second World War monument in Rio de Janeiro November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

An Afghan soldier (L) reacts in front of a pile of burning illegal narcotics in Ghazni province November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

A Polish soldier stands guard in front of a pile of burning illegal narcotics in Ghazni province November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Police officers stand guard at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport as anti-government protesters block the main road November 25, 2008. Flight operations at Thailand's main international airport were disrupted on Tuesday night after hundreds of anti-government protesters stormed the terminal building. by REUTERS

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov (3rd R) and unidentified officials visit the newly opened Russian-Finnish border crossing Torfyanovka in the Leningrad region November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

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Venezuelan soldiers watch as a Russian warship arrives at the port of La Guaira outside Caracas November 25, 2008. A fleet of Russian warships arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to conduct joint naval exercises off the Caribbean nation. The exercises, which are being closely watched by the United States, coincide with the visit of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, who is due in Venezuela on Wednesday. by REUTERS

A Russian warship arrives at the port of La Guaira outside Caracas November 25, 2008. A fleet of Russian warships arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to conduct joint naval exercises off the Caribbean nation. The exercises, which are being closely watched by the United States, coincide with the visit of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, who is due in Venezuela on Wednesday. by REUTERS

Sgt. Joseph Crandell of the U.S.1st Armored Divison holds his seven month old daughter Lena for the first time as he meets his 15-year old son Josuah (2ndL) and his wife Layla during a welcome home ceremony at the home base in Wiesbaden, Germany, November 25, 2008. The soldiers of the 1st AD returned from a 15month deployment to Iraq. by REUTERS

A U.S. soldier of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division looks through the scope of his rifle to get a visual security scan of an area during a patrol in central Baghdad's Fadil district November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

U.S. soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and members of U.S. backed neighbourhood patrol unit secure a road during the opening of the neighbourhood patrol's new office in central Baghdad's Fadil district November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

A U.S. soldier of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stands guard at a checkpoint of U.S. backed neighbourhood patrol unit in central Baghdad's Fadil district November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

U.S. soldiers of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stand guard during the opening of a new office for U.S. backed neigbourhood patrol in central Baghdad's Fadil district November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Fire arms are displayed at a stall during a defence exhibition in Karachi November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Members of the Basij militia's Alzahra battalion stand in attention during a military parade to mark Basij week at a revolutionary guard's military base in northeastern Tehran November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Activists of environmental group Greenpeace paint cars pink, to protest against electric cars which use electricity generated from coal power stations, in Berlin November 25, 2008. Text reads: "electric cars with dirty electricity are also climate pigs". by REUTERS

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Members of the Basij militia's Ashoura battalion march during a military parade to mark Basij week at a revolutionary guard's military base in northeastern Tehran November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Members of the Basij militia's Ashoura battalion perform during a military parade to mark Basij week at a revolutionary guard's military base in northeastern Tehran November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Members of the Basij militia's Alzahra battalion stand next to Kalashnikovs (or AK-47s) after a military parade to mark Basij week at a Revolutionary guard's military base in northeastern Tehran November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a military parade to mark Basij week at a Revolutionary guard's military base in northeastern Tehran November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Chinese People's Liberation Army air force officers on parade during the city's annual rotation of military personnel in Hong Kong November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

A Chinese People's Liberation Army naval troop (L) stands guard during the city's annual rotation of military personnel in Hong Kong November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Chinese People's Liberation Army air force helicopters prepare to leave Hong Kong during the annual rotation of military personnel in Hong Kong November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

Vietnamese honour guards march during a wreath-laying ceremony attended by Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi at the War Martyrs Monument in Hanoi November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

A Vietnamese military officer salutes as Morocco's Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi (R) stands at attention during a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Martyrs Monument in Hanoi November 25, 2008. by REUTERS

A man transports furniture on a wooden scooter near Goma in eastern Congo, November 24, 2008. Civilians on both sides of the front lines in eastern Congo are being killed, raped and abducted by both Tutsi rebels and government troops despite a lull in fighting, human rights campaigners said on Monday. by REUTERS