U.S. Soldiers and Airmen secure a load of generator light sets on a flatbed trailer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 13, 2010. The light sets, which were supplied by U.S. Agency for International Development, will be installed in various internally displaced persons camps in Haiti in an effort to mitigate gender-based and violent crimes that have been occurring at night.(DoD photo by Spc. William R. Begley, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Army Pfc. Timothy D. Prescott returns fire during an attack on Combat Outpost Bari Alai in the Kunar province of Afghanistan April 10, 2010. Members of the Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance Force fought off an estimated 30 anti-Afghan forces (AAF) that fired on a dismounted patrol near Nishigam village, wounding three. The AAF attacked Bari Alai with small arms and heavy machine gun fire from the surrounding territory. ANA and ISAF suppressed the attackers with direct and indirect fires, as well as air-to-ground missiles and bombs. Prescott is a squad automatic weapon gunner with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Ryan Dawson performs pre-fire checks on a Phalanx 20 mm close-in weapons system aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) while under way in the Atlantic Ocean April 1, 2010. Dawson is performing a check on the defensive weapon system to ensure no live rounds are loaded into it. Laboon is in transit to participate in Joint Warrior 10-1, a semi-annual event that encompasses multinational and multi-warfare exercises designed to improve interoperability between allied navies. The exercise is designed to prepare participating crews to conduct combined operations during deployment. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darius O. Jackson, U.S. Navy/Released)
Iraqi commandos pull security as another platoon assaults the objective during training at the Regional Training Center in Dhi Qar, Iraq, March 24, 2010. (DoD photo by Spc. Robert Sheets, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Army Spc. Brad Ullrich helps members of Green Platoon, Combined Security Force search for a weapons cache in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 27, 2010. Ullrich is assigned to the Charlie Company, Special Troop Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew D. Leistikow, U.S. Navy/Released)
Iraqi soldiers from the 52nd Infantry Battalion conduct a foot patrol in Al Madinia, Iraq, March 27, 2010. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Adelita Mead, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Army Cpls. Levi Day, foreground, and Stanley Piecuch, both Security Forces members from the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team, make their way down a set of stairs in the city of Asadabad in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan March 29, 2010. The team is performing a routine foot patrol through the city to inspect past and possible future locations for PRT projects in the area. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb, U.S. Air Force/Released)
