U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Huff and Cpl. Patrick O’ Rourke rescue an Afghan child from encroaching flood waters in Nari Shahi village in the Beshood district of the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on July 28, 2010. The soldiers are from Military Police Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Spartan and were returning from a patrol when they stopped to help distressed villagers. DoD photo by the U.S. Army. (Released)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Samuel Coffin, an offensive avionics systems journeyman with the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, hugs his wife Heidi after returning to Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., from a deployment to Southwest Asia.
(DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Corey Hook, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Stephen Pike briefs Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, the academy’s superintendant, on the Scan Eagle remotely piloted vehicle program July 24, 2010, at the academy in Colorado. ScanEagle was chosen to familiarize cadets with remotely piloted vehicle operations and how the systems are integrated into Air Force operations. (DoD photo by Mike Kaplan, U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Rachel Martis, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), cradles a Haitian child during a community service project at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission in Port de Paix, Haiti, on July 27, 2010. The Iwo Jima is supporting Continuing Promise 2010, the fifth in a series of U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian deployments conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean aimed at strengthening regional partnerships. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zane Ecklund, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen hold a joint press conference in the Pentagon July 29, 2010. Gates and Mullen announced that the leak of many thousands of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website constituted a serious breach of security. (DoD photo by R. D. Ward/Released)
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Pacific Ocean July 24, 2010, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial exercise that promotes interoperability between participants from 14 different nations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) refuel F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 195 while underway in the Sea of Japan as the guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) crosses in the background on July 27, 2010. The George Washington is participating in the combined U.S. and South Korean maritime and air readiness exercise Invincible Spirit. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Mike, U.S. Navy. (Released)
