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SIDE BY SIDE U.S. Air Force airmen load two Army Humvees onto a C-17 Globemaster III during a noncombatant evacuation exercise on Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., June 26, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing. During the exercise, the airmen on-loaded and off-loaded more than 1,500 passengers and 75 short tons of cargo and equipment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Phelps
      
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ARMY GENERAL DAVID D MCKIERMAN RETIRES
U.S. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan and his wife, Carmen, pay respect during the national anthem prior to his full honors retirement ceremony on Fort Myer, Va., July 15, 2009. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison
PROUD DAD, PROUD DAUGHTER
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets West Point Cadet and daughter of Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, Stephanie McKiernan, prior to her father's full honors retirement ceremony on Fort Myer, Va., July 15, 2009. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Henry Mancini ~ Peter Gunn
Barbara Fairchild ~ Another Lonely Night
Banjo Dan & The Mid-nite Plowboys ~ Fire In The Sugarhouse
The Kingston Trio ~ Stay Awhile
Bob Seger ~ The Fire Inside
APIA NATIONAL HOSPITAL, SAMOA
090701-N-9689V-004 APIA, Samoa (July 1, 2009) Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 renovate a building at Apia National Hospital during a Pacific Partnership 2009 engineering civic action project. Apia National Hospital is the primary medical facility for the residents of Upolu Island, Samoa. The Seabees will spend 10 days renovating the hospital's waiting area, conducting roof repairs, and applying non-skid surface to slippery walkways. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)
MAKING MUSIC IN UPOLU, SAMOA 090706-N-9689V-001 UPOLU, Samoa (July 6, 2009) Chief Musician Brian Chaplow, a member of the Pacific Fleet Band embarked with Pacific Partnership 2009, practices with members of the Royal Samoan Police Band before marching in a parade honoring National Library Week. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)
Jim Reeves ~ Chicken Hearted Kitty Wells ~ She’ll Have To Go
Buck Owens ~ Cryin’ Time
The Clancey Brothers ~ All For Me Grog
Meatloaf ~ Paradise By The Dashboard Light
 HONORING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPEINT LT MICHAEL P MURPHY
090709-N-8848T-438 NEWPORT, R. I., (July 9, 2009) Daniel Murphy touches a plaque dedicated to his son, U.S. Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy. Murphy, his wife, along with Lt. Murphy's mother, Maureen, left, and his brother John, right, were the special guests of honor at the dedication ceremony of the new Lt. Michael Murphy Combat Training Pool at Officer Training Command Newport. Also attending the dedication and unveiling was Rear Adm. Garry Bonelli, deputy commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, far right, and Rear Adm. Mark Boensel, commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, left. The pool will be used by officer candidates and students at Officer Training Command Newport for swim qualifications. Murphy, a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. Murphy was awarded the nation's highest military honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty for trying to call for help from an exposed location for his wounded four-man team against superior odds of between 30 to 40 enemy fighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
SOLDIERS SCAN SKIES FOR MORTARS, ROCKETS
Army Pfc. Dustin Clark calibrates the sights on a radar system at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, June 28, 2009. Clark and other members of Echo Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, out of Fort Hood, Texas, detect mortar and rocket attacks. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence
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