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President Bush orders a Draft.
Senior Airman Robert Vickery, of Richland, Wash., a member of the 46th Expeditionary Recon Squadron, finishes final preparations on a Predator drone before it departs Balad Air Base, Iraq, on a mission on Thursday.
Meanwhile the Alien drone was able to prepare without assistance.
Airman 1st Class Sarah Mills, right, of Grand Junction, Colo., a member of the 46th Expeditionary Recon Squadron based out Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and an unidentified Royal Air Force pilot work the console that controls the take-offs of Predator drones from Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Thursday.
The new picture in picture television sets in the Barracks day rooms are very popular.
Staff Sgt. Richard Alvarez, of Los Angeles, a member of the 421st Fighter Squadron based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, makes adjustments to an F-16 fighter jet’s cockpit controls during a maintenance session at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Sunday.
The New F-16 cockpit DVD players sometimes have a bit of tracking problems until adjustments are made.
Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, right, the commanding general of the Marine Corps’ 1st Expeditionary Force, delivers a speech to his Marines prior to the anticipated final assault on Fallujah, Iraq, on Sunday. Insurgents have attacked police stations with mortars, rockets and car bombs in the lead-up to the assault, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 60, including nearly two dozen Americans.
During a recent question and answer session, a few Marines were expressing some motivational points for an upcoming action.
Soldiers stand by an overturned Humvee on a highway near Baghdad on Saturday. Witnesses reported that some soldiers were slightly injured, but no further information was made available. A convoy of civilian trucks came under attack by gunfire in the same area earlier in the day.
Mojo2001, please pick up the white courtesy phone at the Canteen front desk!
A Marine from the 1st Division packs his rucksack at a base outside Fallujah, Iraq, on Saturday, prior to the start of a long-anticipated assault on the city.
The new high tech Marine rucksacks carry a lot more than they used back in the old days.
First Division Marines listen to a briefing at a base outside Fallujah, Iraq, on Sunday. Facing a major assault in the city, insurgents struck back with coordinated attacks on police installations using suicide car bombs, mortars and rockets.
Private Snowball, Infantry, Private Pyle Sharpshooter, Private Joker, Marine journalist....what the heck is that?
Marines from the 1st Division bow their heads during a prayer at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq, on Saturday.
In this night-vision image, soldiers move toward a hospital in Fallujah, Iraq, on Monday. U.S. forces stormed into western districts of the city early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold.
A recent power failure at the local hospital was not a hindrance to our Troops.
Retired Army Sgt. Joe Galindo, Jr., waves to spectators during the Veterans Day parade in downtown El Paso, Texas, on Saturday.
All gave some......
Soldiers from the Army’s 1st Squadron, 2nd Armed Calvary Regiment, based out of Fort Polk, La., bow their heads in a moment of silence to remember fallen service members during a Veterans Day memorial service in Lake Charles, La., on Saturday.
Some gave all.
Sgt. 1st Class Tangela Moore, center right, points out items on a table during a narration for a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at the 21st annual St. Louis Metropolitan Veterans' Day Observance at the Soldiers' Memorial in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday. Pictured from left to right are Sgt. 1st Class Darral Rucker, Sgt. 1st Class Reginal Williams, and Sgt. 1st Class Sean Walker, all members of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command Select Honor Guard.
Emily Gilbert on Sunday watches her daughter, Carissa, draw a picture on a cardboard box filled with treats that will be sent to her father, Sgt. Cory Gilbert, a member of the Iowa National Guard’s 834th Engineering unit currently deployed in Afghanistan.
Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack Jr. loads his car as he moves out of his office at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday. Swannack, whose nickname is “Swan Dawg”, is retiring after more than 30 years in the Army.
Wow, this image is the first time that I have ever seen an Army General actually carry something for himself.
A Boeing Delta 2 carrying a Global Positioning Satellite for the Air Force lights up the night sky on Saturday as it lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
It seems that no GPS system would be neccessary to see that lift off.
Just another day at the office for our Troops.
