Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, on Tuesday uncover an Iraqi police vehicle in Mosul, Iraq, that was being made into a car bomb by insurgents. The bed of the truck contained a number of large-caliber artillery rounds and was part of the largest caches found by the unit to date.
According to informed sources members of the 1st Battalion are the only known Troops who actually date artillery rounds.
A sniper with 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, keeps watch down a side street in Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday as his unit clears a nearby parking facility.
Another of those raucous Iraqi wedding partys was broken up again on Tuesday.
A soldier with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, takes cover as an enemy sniper opens fire in Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday.
Iraqi National Guardsmen, supported by soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, pull security outside a Mosul, Iraq, police station on Tuesday. The police station was one of several that were abandoned during heavy fighting in early November.
In Iraq, when trouble starts, the last place anyone ever goes to is the local Police Station, a phenomenon unique to that area of the world.
A U.S. military helicopter lands at Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone at sunset on Tuesday.
Meanwhile the less heavily protected red and blue zones have found that the local Pizza deliveries are much more prompt and the meals are not as cold upon arrival.
U.S. troops help typhoon victims off a Navy HH-60 Seahawk helicopter at Villamor Air Base, south of Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday. Two choppers from the USNS Stockham, based in Okinawa, Japan, began ferrying relief supplies and evacuating residents following an appeal by the Philippine government for international aid. The typhoons last week killed at least 566 people and left nearly as many missing.
An Army Reserve medical team treats a typhoon victim at Villamor Air Base, Philippines, on Tuesday.
Jerry Tessaro, of Stockton, Ca., examines a torpedo found near the battleship Oklahoma after the unveiling ceremony for an exhibit about the ship at the USS Arizona Memorial Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Monday. The Oklahoma was hit by as many as nine torpedoes on Dec. 7, 1941, and capsized and sank along with the battleship Arizona. A total of 429 sailors and Marines lost their lives.
Some time later in 1945 a few USA torpedos were found in various places where the Japanese Navy used to be!
Kenny Muhaw hits an insurgent atop a building during a convoy's virtual run through the streets of Tikrit, Iraq, at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Monday.
The Amusement Park rides in Orlando have continued to get more and more realistic.
Non-prior service reservists from inland reserve units come to Norfolk, Va., for a weekend aboard a ship docked in port during Waterfront Weekend. Damage Controlman Second Class (AW/SW) Nathaniel Rembert demonstrates to attendees on Saturday how to repair a leaking pipe aboard the helicopter dock landing ship Wasp.
Naval Reservists are now engaging in a radical new type of formation where everybody stands around in a disorderly fashion while wearing different boots.
A reservist is helped into his firefighting gear by shipmates during Waterfront Weekend in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday.
Does this fire fighting mask make my face look fat?
Reservists work in teams to repair a leaky pipe during Waterfront Weekend in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday.
When you run out of duct tape and WD-40 then as all watchers of the MacGiver TV show realize it is time to resort to old fashioned twine for all of your plumbing repairs.
Staff Sgts. Derek Keener, left, and Scott Ackeret aim a rocket launcher during training at a range at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
Just try saying Scott "Rocketer" Ackeret three times fast.
An airman from the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron braves the cold on his way to work during a snowstorm at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan on Friday. The squadron is responsible for ensuring the safety of the base and its assets.
I am dreaming of a White Kyrgyzstan .....
This artist's conception, by the firm Drexler-Guinand-Jauselin AG Architects, is one of 454 'Olympic Landmark' designs presented at the Arsenal Pavillon in Paris December 7, 2004. The Paris 2012 organization launched an international architecture competition open to designers as part of the Paris bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
The strict security at the World's airports since 9-11 have compelled the Al-Qeada terrorists to resort to now using famous buildings as weapons of terror. No persons were injured during this recent attack, but some Parisiens did complain of a few broken windows.