U.S.-MEXICO BORDER -- Cows watch as 917th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen use steel to build a fence along the border. The fence is designed to keep drug traffickers out and the cows in. The Airmen are deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., to Bisbee, Ariz., supporting a homeland security mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Torri White)
040620-N-2972R-157 Strait of Gibraltar (June 20, 2004) – Amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) passes by the Rock of Gibraltar as the ship passes into the Mediterranean Sea. Kearsarge is surge deployed to transport elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero (RELEASED)
040624-N-6482H-005 South China Sea (June 24, 2004) - Ships of the combined Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) task group steam together to close out the underway portion of the Brunei phase of CARAT 04. Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) coastal patrol craft KDB Perwira, KDB Pemburu, missile gunboat KDB Seteria, USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), missile gunboat KDB Waspada, guided missile destroyers USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and USS Russell (DDG 59) participated in a variety of operational evolutions, including Communications Drills and Gunnery Exercises. CARAT is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Stephen Haynes (RELEASED)
040623-N-6074Y-015 Pacific Ocean (June 23, 2004) - An F404-GE-402 engine for and F/A-18 Hornet is tested on the fantail aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is currently conducting local operations in preparation for an upcoming scheduled deployment, after 10 months of dry docked Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Jeremie M. Yoder (RELEASED)