Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) escorts Afghan President Hamid Karzai to a full honors arrival ceremony welcoming Karzai to the Pentagon on May 23, 2005. Karzai and his delegation will later meet with Rumsfeld and his senior advisors for bilateral security discussions. DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released) 050523-D-9880W-232
Marine Lance Cpl. Howard Hoehmann takes aim at a target during machine gun drills aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) while underway in the South Pacific on May 21, 2005. Hoehmann is assigned to the 2nd Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, 3rd Platoon from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va., which is deployed aboard the Seventh Fleet flagship. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Terry Spain, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeff Chairimonte attaches a reserve parachute to Capt. Matt Baugh at Aviano Air Base, Italy, in preparation for a parachute jump with soldiers from the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade over Maniago, Italy, on May 19, 2005. Chairimonte and Baugh are attached to Tactical Air Control Party, Detachment 1, 4th Air Support Operations Group, Heidelberg, Germany. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Iraqi National Guard Training Photo Essay
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anacleto Zamora watches closely as an Iraqi National Guard soldier engages a down-range paper target in Irbil, Iraq, May 23, 2005. Zamora, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), along with a team of other Special Forces soldiers, are training the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard in advanced infantry tactics. The soldiers are in the phase of their training which consists of shooting techniques. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ferdinand Thomas
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anacleto Zamora helps an Iraqi National Guard soldier with his shooting posture in Irbil, Iraq, May 23, 2005. Zamora, assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), along with a team of other Special Forces soldiers, are training the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard in advanced infantry tactics. The soldiers are in the phase of their training which consists of shooting techniques. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ferdinand Thomas
An Iraqi National Guard soldier practices his marksmanship while U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers coach him on his form and aiming techniques in Irbil, Iraq, May 23, 2005. The soldiers assigned to a combined Special Forces Group are training the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard in advanced infantry tactics. The soldiers are in the phase of their training which consists of shooting techniques. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ferdinand Thomas
An Iraqi National Guard soldier practices clearing his weapon properly while two U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers carefully watch in Irbil, Iraq, May 23, 2005. The soldiers assigned to a combined Special Forces Group are training the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard in advanced infantry tactics. The soldiers are in the phase of their training which consists of shooting techniques. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ferdinand Thomas
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anacleto Zamora, second from left, explains to the English-speaking Iraqi Army soldier to get his troops ready for the next exercise in Irbil, Iraq, May 23, 2005. Zamora, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), along with a team of other Special Forces soldiers are training the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard in advanced infantry tactics. The soldiers are in the phase of their training which consists of shooting techniques. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ferdinand Thomas