Week in Photos 10/6 - 10/12

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Navy Lt. Collin Korenek, front, provides security during a key leader engagement with district leaders in the Noorgul district center in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Oct. 1, 2012. Korenek is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky
  • U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Serella bonds with his military working dog, Nero, as children look on during Operation Clean Sweep in Kandahar City in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Oct. 3, 2012. Serella, a narcotics patrol detector dog handler, is assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tyler Meiste
  • U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rebecca Osborn, right, re-enlists during a ceremony on Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2012. Osborn, a military police officer, is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
  • U.S. Marines wait for a flight next to an UH-1Y Venom helicopter on Camp Dwyer in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Oct. 4, 2012. The Marines, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, provided aviation support for counterinsurgency operations in southern Helmand. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gregory Moore
  • A rifleman demonstrates throwing a grenade during Exercise Coconut Grove 2012 in the Republic of Maldives, Oct. 6, 2012. The U.S. Marine Corps and the Maldivian defense force conduct the bilateral training exercise biannually. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isis Ramirez
  • Paratroopers relax with some chow before an airborne operation on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Oct. 8, 2012. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team. About 1,300 paratroopers from the team jumped into Folk Polk, La., for a Joint Readiness Training Exercise rotation. U.S. Army photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
  • Navy sailors and Marines man the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island as the ship passes under the San Francisco Bay Bridge at the end of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012 in San Francisco, Oct. 9, 2012. The event, which ran from Oct. 3-8, brought more than 2,500 sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from four ships to the city. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tim D. Godbee
  • Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Martinez performs chest flies aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in Subic Bay, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Russell