Master Sgt. Tony Lord, front left, of Buckfield, Maine, gives his wife, Kim, a final kiss while members of the Scott family, background, hug their father, Maj. Roger Scott of Mt. Vernon, Maine, as the 240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard, departs for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan on Wednesday in Augusta, Maine.
Justin Holbrook (right) holds a sign while watching his father, Lt. Col. Randy Holbrook, depart with the 240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard, for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan on Wednesday in Augusta, Maine, as the deploying officer's mother Charlotte (center), wife Mary (right) , and son Logan look on. Eighty-two members of the unit deployed.
Clare Nieto, left, greets her husband, Senior Airman Andres Nieto of the 27th Fighter Wing, in the hangar at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., on Wednesday. Nieto and his colleagues returned after spending four months in Iraq as part of an Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotation. The couple married one month before Andres deployed.
The new Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw leaves the Cheboygan River, on Thursday in Cheboygan, Mich., for the first time since its arrival Dec. 17. The original Mackinaw, seen in the distance at right as it navigates Lake Huron, departed 30 minutes earlier. Both ships will be underway for familiarization drills as part of their operations to prepare for icebreaking.
Lt. Carl Gerhard, of Basking Ridge, N.J., practices his trumpet using a “silent brass” device aboard the 7th Fleet command ship Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a routine deployment, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Gerhard is the bandmaster for the 7th Fleet Band, which frequently deploys with the ship to perform at locations throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Soldiers with the 365th Engineer Battalion stand at attention as a young boy waits to greet a family member on Thursday at Fort Indiantown Gap., Pa., after the unit returned from a tour in Iraq.
Sgt. Troy Williams of the 365th Engineer Battalion holds his 5-month-old daughter Emma as his oldest girl, Cortnee, holds on to him while mom Heather (right) watches, on Thursday at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.. The unit’s soldiers are standing in line to receive awards after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Just another day at the office for our Troops!
