Week in Photos 9/28 - 10/04

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Cpl. Daniel Thornton pulls security during a key leader engagement at an official's office in Farah City in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 25, 2012. Thornton is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Bates pulls security as Afghans look on during a mission to visit an official in Farah City in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 25, 2012. Bates is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe, left, command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Edd Watson, 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command South command sergeant major, enjoy some chow at the Carbon Rod Cafe after conducting a foot patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matt Young
  • U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Harris moves through an obstacle during an U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge examination in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 20, 2012. The exam provides multinational and U.S. service members with common standards and objectives for treating the sick and wounded, and improves communication among the frontline medical professionals fighting together. U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach
  • U.S. Army Spc. Warren Feeley looks through a fire control system inside an M1126 infantry carrier vehicle while engaging targets with a .50-caliber remote weapons system during a live-fire training exercise on Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2012. Feeley is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. and Romanian soldiers perform a parachute jump from a Slovakian helicopter during exercise Jackal Stone 2012 in Udbina, Croatia, Sept. 17, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tyler Placie
  • A formation of Navy Blue Angel FA-18 Hornets fly after a KC-135 Stratotanker air craft from Altus Air Force Base refuels them between Oklahoma and Colorado, Sept. 20, 2012. The FA-18 pilots are assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. Aircrew from the 54th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base refueled the Blue Angels on the way to Grand Juction, Colo., to perform in the First Mountain West Airshow. The Blue Angels travel 300 days out the year to perform aerial stunts for audiences. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland
  • Francisco Mote Sagario, an Army veteran wounded in the Vietnam War, watches a presentation of memorial wreaths during a ceremony to mark National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder