U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Seaman Jon Finley and his team post outside a door at the Pacific Beacon housing complex at Naval Station San Diego, Calif., Oct. 28, 2010, during a hostage rescue training exercise. Personnel from the Department of the Navy, Naval Criminal Investigation Service, FBI and the San Diego Police Department took part in the exercise.
(DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kenneth Blum prepares to extinguish an aircraft fire Oct. 27, 2010, during an aircraft accident exercise involving first responders and the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. (DoD photo by Don Lindsey, U.S Air Force/Released)
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 154 prepare a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft for the first launch cycle of the day aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 2, 2010. Sailors with the squadron are embarked to complete a composite training unit exercise in preparation for a deployment. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Oliver Cole, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ruben Gonzalez Jr., right, the command chief of Air Force Recruiting Service, compares family photos with Command Sgt. Maj. of the Afghan Air Force Eid Mohammad during Mohammed’s visit to Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 27, 2010. (DoD photo by Rich McFadden, U.S. Air Force /Released)
U.S. Soldiers prepare to load an M-777 lightweight 155 mm howitzer at Combat Outpost Jagato in the Wardak province of Afghanistan Oct. 29, 2010. The Soldiers are assigned to Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk, La. (DoD photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. Galan Carter, top, teaches an Indian army soldier how to clear an M4 carbine Nov. 2, 2010, during the bilateral training exercise Yudh Abhyas 2010 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Carter is a team leader with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. Yudh Abhyas is a bilateral, conventional-forces training exercise sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific and the Indian Army. The exercise is designed to promote cooperation between the two militaries and promote interoperability through the exchange of tactics, techniques and procedures.
(DoD photo by Spc. Ashley M. Armstrong, U.S. Army/Released) 101102-A-0158A-522
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steven J. Zandstra provides security at a checkpoint in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 1, 2010. Zandstra is assigned to Police Advisor Team 1, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Force. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Ortiz, U.S. Marine Corps.
