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November 20, 2009
Threat Advisory Defcon alert - Elevated

Catching Some Rays

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the Pacific Ocean while an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 conducts flight operations in the background. - U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Charles Oki
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the Pacific Ocean while an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 conducts flight operations in the background.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the Pacific Ocean while an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 conducts flight operations in the background.

Walk the Line

Members with Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika, perform a quality assurance check on a dam within the Yosef Khel district, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2009. - U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Brooke Brzozowske
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Members with Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika, perform a quality assurance check on a dam within the Yosef Khel district, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2009.Members with Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika, perform a quality assurance check on a dam within the Yosef Khel district, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2009.

Joint Falcon Flight

A diamond formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons flies over the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan, during a flight with the three countries who were participating in the 2009 Falcon Air Meet, Belgium, United States, and Jordan. - U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Darin Overstreet
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A diamond formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons flies over the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan, during a flight with the three countries who were participating in the 2009 Falcon Air Meet, Belgium, United States, and Jordan.A diamond formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons flies over the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan, during a flight with the three countries who were participating in the 2009 Falcon Air Meet, Belgium, United States, and Jordan.

Packing It In

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Finamore, with 173 Cavalry Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, secures his reserve parachute after being airdropped into the the Urban Operations Complex on the Nevada Test and Training Range Nov. 18, 2009. - U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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U.S. Army Spc. Jason Finamore, with 173 Cavalry Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, secures his reserve parachute after being airdropped into the the Urban Operations Complex on the Nevada Test and Training Range Nov. 18, 2009.U.S. Army Spc. Jason Finamore, with 173 Cavalry Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, secures his reserve parachute after being airdropped into the the Urban Operations Complex on the Nevada Test and Training Range Nov. 18, 2009.

Test Fire Prep

U.S. Army Sgt. Jory Miller, from Tyler, Texas, prepares his M-240 machine gun for a test fire at an observation post near Combat Outpost Munoz, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2009. - U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jory Miller, from Tyler, Texas, prepares his M-240 machine gun for a test fire at an observation post near Combat Outpost Munoz, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2009.U.S. Army Sgt. Jory Miller, from Tyler, Texas, prepares his M-240 machine gun for a test fire at an observation post near Combat Outpost Munoz, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2009.

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