U.S. Soldiers prepare for their next fire mission at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, March 30, 2010. The Soldiers are from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. (DoD photo by Sgt. Corey Idleburg, U.S. Army/Released)
Jim Thoreson, the chief deputy of the Cass County Sherriff's Department, helps Mili Sherman up a ladder and into a quick response force vehicle from the North Dakota National Guard March 22, 2010, in Cass County, North Dakota. Thoreson and members of a quick response force team are assisting Sherman as she temporarily vacates her home due to the floodwater covering the road to her home. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, U.S. Air Force/Released)
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)
