Week in Photos 9/14 - 9/21

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick McCall, left, receives a high five from an Afghan boy during a security patrol in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 6, 2012. McCall is a rifleman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison
  • U.S. Marines begin a patrol near Forward Operating Base Shamsher in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 6, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Kerr posts the colors with fellow service members during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 11, 2012. The event honored the fallen first responders from the 9/11 terrorist attacks 11 years ago. Kerr is the center's chief of military cooperation. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman
  • A U.S. soldier organizes unstable ordnance for destruction at the demolition range on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan's Khost province, Sept. 2, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Bobby Heimovitz fires a .50-caliber machine gun at an MK-25 smoke target in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 5, 2012. Heimovitz is a naval aircrewman helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9. The squadron is under way with the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to support carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mick DiMestico
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ruben Clark and Lance Cpl. Andrew Stagmer wrestle on the football field in Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 10, 2012. The Marines are learning different combat techniques as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Clark and Stagmer are assigned to the Marine Corps Security Company Pacific Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Bravo. U.S. Navy photo by Joe Schmitt
  • Two members of the honor guard assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam prepare to raise the colors to half staff at the "Missing Man Memorial" on the Hawaii base, Sept. 11, 2012, during a ceremony to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • Steven Peace, a U.S. Navy veteran and U.S. Paralympic road cyclist, rides past fans while negotiating a hill as he completes the first of three laps for the 24-kilometer road race during the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, Sept. 8, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
  • A U.S. Air Force airman keeps an eye out for role players portraying enemy fighters after he and his team members participated in a mock ambush during a route-clearance mission for an exercise in Thetford, England, Sept. 4, 2012. The airman is assigned to the 100th Security Forces Squadron, based at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, England. U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere