[Kathy in Alaska]

10th Mountain Alert!!

MP DELIVERY - U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Valley speaks with the first of many Iraqi children to arrive during a food distribution mission in the Zuwerijat district of Al Kut, Iraq, April 30, 2008. Valley is assigned to the 511th Military Police Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel T. West

SISTERS OF FALLUJAH - An Iraqi woman, a member of "Sisters of Fallujah," practices shooting a weapon under the supervision of International Police Advisor Anna Bailey on a range in Fallujah, Iraq, April 29, 2008. Sisters of Fallujah is a security force comprised of local women that help maintain security in their neighborhoods. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk

PRODUCTION LINES - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines with Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, commander of Red River Army Depot, and Davis May, right, Tactical Division chief, during a visit to the depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen

[Kathy in Alaska]

KOALA CLUTCH - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Christman pets a koala held by Seaman Jon Husman at the Cohunu Koala Park in Perth, Australia, May 3, 2008. About 40 sailors and Marines with the USS Tarawa and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit volunteered to help at the park. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker