The Dismounted Data Automated Communication Terminal shown here, June 29, 2005, in Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq, is a handheld system that allows global positioning, digital map routes, overlays, messaging and automatic injection of unit location to the level of the squad leader. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ken Melton | Story |
U.S. Navy civilian contractor Dave Diepenhorst stands next to the Atmospheric Diving System 2000 prior to a test dive from the USS Grasp off the coast of Taranto, Italy, June 17, 2005. The suit is designed to protect a diver down to 2,000 feet and enables a quick return to the surface without the decompression required by other types of diving suits. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Dave Fliesen
An MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft from VMX- 22 Squadron makes a tactical landing at Raven landing zone in Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 16, 2005, to off load Marines attached to 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Pedro A. Rodriguez
U.S. Marine Cpl. Edward W. Mendez is training with 1st Marine Division Schools in a three-week course on the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile system. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Rosas | Story |
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ruben Bonafe cuts off an old cab mount on a truck to add armor to the convoy vehicle at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham | Story |
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster, from the 62nd Air Wing, arrives at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., June 14, 2005, to begin Air Mobility Expeditionary Rodeo 2005, hosted by the Air Mobility Command to improve the worldwide air mobility forces' professional core abilities. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen
U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Harshman demonstrates the Future Force Warrior system suit at Soldier Modernization Day on Capitol Hill, June 16, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Rey Guzman | Story |
Students at the U.S. Army Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., are training more in military police and combat skills needed when they deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. Courtesy photo
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Duffin, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment who helps man northern Fallujah’s Entry Control Point-2, uses an iris scanner to photograph an Iraqi man’s eye June 10 before issuing him a new ID card. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar
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U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Gary Roughead, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, left, sits in a portable F-22 Raptor flight simulator cockpit, as John McDonald, Lockheed Martin director for the F-22, right, explains the controls of the aircraft, June 15, 2005. Several representatives from Lockheed Martin brought the mobile demonstration unit to Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii so that senior leadership could view the capabilities of the aircraft first hand. Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Beach
A B-2 Stealth Bomber, from 393rd Bomber Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., sits on the flight line at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, June 16, 2005. U.S Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler
U.S. Air Force Maj. Brian Freeman, left, explains the devices of a J-model C-130 Hercules cockpit to a French aeronautical journalist, June 14, 2005, at the 46th Annual Paris Air Show. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amaani Lyle | Story |
The flight deck crew prepare to launch three MV-22 Ospreys during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Battaan in the Atlantic Ocean, June 9, 2005. The Bataan is currently at sea conducting operational testing of the Osprey. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Jeremy L. Grisham
The Submarine Rescue Chamber, from the U.S. Navy's Deep Submergence Unit, is transported for loading aboard a 747 aircraft, June 7, 2005, to be flown to Italy, in support of NATO’s "Sorbet Royal 2005," the largest and most challenging live submarine escape and rescue exercise ever conducted. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James Christopher
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dave Jewell, left, demonstrates the features of a virtual reality parachute simulator to Senior Airman Joshua Woods during training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 8, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis
A robotic scout sprays simulated pepper spray at an aggressor during a security operations demonstration. The Air Force Research Laboratory unveiled the Remote, Detection, Challenge and Response System at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Darrick Lee
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Ricky Harris, left, and Paul Spurlock can program the carbon dioxide laser to precisely carve small or large engine parts quieter, cleaner and safer than many other methods. They are machinists with the computer numerical control shop at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright | Story |
U.S. Marine Sgt. Daniel Johnson, a food service specialist, attempts to fit a panel used to seal two iso-containers of the Marine Rapid Deployment Kitchen and Field Sanitation Unit, the third generation of field food service systems capable of feeding hundreds of Marines in one day. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. C.J. Yard | Story |
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Maurice Wijnen-Riems guides a Humvee, driven by Tech. Sgt. James San Agustin, off of a C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., June 1, 2005, while practicing for the upcoming 2005 Rodeo Competition. U.S. Air Force photo by Kevin J. Tosh Jr.
Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Vern Clark, left, and Mrs. Birgit Smith, right, sponsor of the first littoral combat ship, Freedom, observe a welder etching Mrs. Smith’s initials on a plaque, June 2, 2005, that will be attached to the ship. Smith is the widow to the late U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Ray Smith, who was killed in action in Iraq and was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Johnny Bivera | Story |
A C-17 Globemaster III, from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, continues to fly in the sky after refueling from a KC-10A Extender, May 25, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann
Landing craft air cushion 60 from Assault Craft Unit 4 makes a high-speed flyby during recent training with the USS Ashland, May 29, 2005. Ashland participated in training for proficiency of queries and responses to small boat attacks. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Ansarov
Fire Controlmen, aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, receive a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Sea Sparrow Missile System casing from the flight deck to the missile launch platform, May 29, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin S. O'Brien
Battalion commanders from throughout the Marine Corps discuss lessons learned at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, May 24, 2005, during a conference to gather experiences in Iraq from battalion commanders who were there. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Donald Bohanner | Story |
