Lead Photos

VITAL SIGNS

U.S. Army Spc. Felicia Chadwick checks vital signs of members of a Salvadoran family at a treatment site in Guadalupe, El Salvador, Fed. 3, 2010. Chadwick is a medical specialist assigned to the 420th Minimal Care Detachment in Polar Bluff, Mo. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. First Class Michael Crescitelli

RED FLAG RAPTOR

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, prepares to regroup after being refueled Feb. 2, 2010, during Red Flag over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish

NEW LIFE

U.S. Navy Seaman Deenicia Canty holds a newborn baby at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base in Killick, Haiti, Feb. 5, 2010, after the infant and mother were brought back ashore following their stay aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort. Canty is a chief quartermaster assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall, which is providing humanitarian relief to Haiti. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Stratton

MOVING PATIENTS

U.S. Marines and sailors move three Haitian patients from a MH-60 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 5, 2010. The patients were transported from the USNS Comfort and received immediate medical care upon arrival at the interim aftercare facility in Port-au-Prince. The U.S. troops are assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David J. Beall

UNDERWATER WORK

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrej Paskevic drills guide holes into a damaged section of a pier at the port in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 6, 2010. Paskevic is a builder assigned to the Underwater Construction Team 1, which is working with Army divers to repair the main seaport to provide relief to Haiti after a devastating earthquake. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Lussier

FOOD SITE

U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Mobley surveys the line of Haitians waiting to receive rice packages at a food distribution site in Carrefour, Haiti, Feb. 3, 2010. Mobley is a radio operator assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marine unit, the Sri Lankan Army and the United Nations provided security at an Adventist Development and Relief Agency food distribution site. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex C. Sauceda

TO MONGOW KHEL

U.S. soldiers and Afghan police officers walk up a hill on their way into the village of Mongow Khel in Logar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2010. They are meeting with the Mongow Khel elders to ensure good relationships with residents and to see if everything is going well in the area. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 118th Military Police Company based in Fort Bragg, N.C. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest

SNOW BLANKET

Snow blankets the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Feb. 7, 2010, after a near-record snowfall in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The severe weather closed government offices and national monuments through the weekend and on Monday, including the Tomb of the Unkowns. U.S. Park Police photo by Sgt. Klebaner