An Iraqi trainee K-9 landmine detection team exhibits their skills and capabilities for U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte during a tour of the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization Training Facility in Baghdad, Iraq, a critical U.S./Iraqi component of the ongoing reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. R. Nick Siers) (Released)
The Executive Officer for Sea Control Squadron Two One (VS-21), Cmdr. Paul Foster reaches for a loved one upon arriving home aboard U.S. Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, Sept. 4, 2004. VS-21 led the aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) arrival back home after a scheduled deployment in support of Summer Pulse '04.
The exercise demonstrated the Navy's ability to provide credible combat power across the globe in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces.
Summer Pulse was the Navy's first test of its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
(U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Matthew Schwarz) (Released)