MIDNIGHT SEA
Aircraft are on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz under way in the North Arabian Sea at midnight, Jan, 1, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William McKibbin
BACKPACK PAL
U.S. Air Force Col. Mark Nichols helps an Afghan girl with her new backpack on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2009. Students from schools in Kandahar City are visiting the Afghan Expeditionary Air Group. Nichols is commander of the 738th Afghan Expeditionary Air Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones