She ain't just whistlin' Dixie: Woodstock, Ga., High School marching band flutist Stephanie Nutt can carry a tune and a sparrow at the same time.
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She ain't just whistlin' Dixie: Woodstock, Ga., High School marching band flutist Stephanie Nutt can carry a tune and a sparrow at the same time.
Sailors of the USS Vella Gulf stand proudly under the American flag displayed below the ship's bridge as the ship pulls pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. after completing a six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf, July 26, 2004. Vella Gulf was assigned to USS George Washington battle group in support of the war on terror. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobby R. McRill
USS Vella Gulf pulls pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after completing a six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf, July 26, 2004. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobby R. McRill
Family members await the return of USS Vella Gulf at Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf, July 26, 2004. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobby R. McRill
A young sailor from the USS Vella Gulf and his wife embrace after USS Vella Gulf's six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf, July 26, 2004. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bobby R. McRill
Staff Sgt. George Grullon, a tank commander for 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, inspects a brand new turbine motor that will replace the one his tank. Grullon’s four-man crew worked with a crew of M1A2 Abrams tank maintainers and repairers to replace the motor during a busy night at Camp Cuervo in eastern Baghdad. The next morning the tank was ready to go back out on mission. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andy Miller
Sgt. Thursha Maragh, an Abrams tank mechanic with Aces Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, works to prepare a turbine motor for installation. When an Abrams tank goes down, Maragh’s crew works through the night with the Abrams crew to ensure the tank will be mission-ready the next day. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andy Miller
When a Tank Goes Down, Repair Crews Ready
By U.S. Army Spc. Andy Miller / 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP CUERVO, BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 27, 2004 — Widely regarded as the world’s premier battle tank, the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment’s M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) Abrams tanks are a vital part of the 1st Cavalry Division’s mission in eastern Baghdad.
Their tanks fought on the front lines during the Muqtada Militia uprising last April, and today they are used to conduct improvised explosive device sweeps on some of the most dangerous routes in Iraq.
When an Abrams tank goes down for repairs or maintenance, the tank crew works together with tank maintenance to get it back on mission as soon as possible.
“Our main focus is to make sure all our tanks are up,” 1st Sgt. Luis Freyre, of Company A, 2-8 Cav., said. “[When one goes down, the] priority is to get the tank up as quick as possible.”
Frequent missions and the extreme temperatures of Baghdad take their toll on the Abrams, said Staff Sgt. Kendall Titus, the maintenance supervisor for the ‘Aces’ combat repair team. The soldiers on Titus’s team are specially trained to work on Abrams tanks. Part of the team works all night long to make sure a tank that needs repairs is ready for the next day’s mission.
Surrounded by flames, firefighter J. Webb battles an apartment fire caused by lightning in Decatur, Ala. No one was injured.
Airmen 1st Class Shawn Brown, left, and Lattrice Goldsby stand together at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. The two are sisters and deployed to Iraq from Kadena Air Base, Japan. Except for attending different technical schools, the sisters have been together throughout their military careers. They are two in a set of quadruplets. Master Sgt. Debbie Aragon / U.S. Air Force
The aircraft carrier George Washington enters the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday (07/20/04 I think) after transiting the Strait of Gibraltar. The Norfolk, Va.-based ship is returning from a scheduled deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups. Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joan Kretschmer / U.S. Navy
SHE'S HOME!! but it's a cool picture.
