The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 51) transits the coast of Southern California March 20, 2010, while conducting a composite training unit exercise in preparation for a deployment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Navy quartermasters aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) chart a course as the ship transits the Strait of Magellan March 16, 2010. Bunker Hill is supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment speak with a village elder in a Kuchi village in Hutal, Afghanistan, March 17, 2010. Kuchis are Afghan Pashtun nomads which make up approximately 40 percent of the population of Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell, U.S. Air Force/Released)
A landing craft, air cushion from Assault Craft Unit 5 prepares to enter the well deck of the forward deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) while off the coast of Luzon, Philippines, March 16, 2010. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Smith, U.S. Navy/Released)
From right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin B. Marshall, Sgt. Joshua B. Hupe and Afghan Border Police officers provide security during a shura in Luy Kariz, Afghanistan, March 15, 2010. The Soldiers are with 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II, U.S. Air Force/Released)
A U.S. Navy ground crew from Strike Fighter Squadron 94 prepares an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft for a flight at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2010. The unit, based out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., is in the area training with Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2 pilots for aviation training relocation exercises. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse, U.S. Air Force/Released)
The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, fly in a delta formation over Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., March 11, 2010, during a practice air show. The El Centro air show is the first of 35 air shows in the team’s 2010 season. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen D. Doyle II, U.S. Navy/Released)
