Pvt. Damion Ware, left, plays electronic chess while waiting to be deployed May 13 at Fort Lee, Va., for duty in Iraq.
Maine Army National Guard Sgt. Travis Hill comforts his son, Taber, at the Armory in Augusta, Maine, on May 13 before Hill is deployed with his unit, the 133rd Engineer Battalion.
South Korean soldiers walk by a display of Chinese and U.S. tanks, used during the Korean War, at the War Memorial
A soldier on patrol in the streets of Baghdad on May 14 asked a man, who tried to show his injured leg, to keep away. Soldiers patrol daily to restore order.
Two soldiers from a recovery team prepare to right an overturned army vehicle whose driver, an American soldier, was killed earlier in an apparent accident, west of Irbil, Iraq, on May 14.
A soldier prepares to overturn a vehicle with a tow chain. The driver of the overturned vehicle, an American
soldier, was killed earlier while towing another truck behind him.
U.S. troops guard the Baghdad University in the Iraqi capital May 14 where elections were held for key administrative officials.
Pfc. Harrison Grimes, 23, checks vehicles before they enter a hospital compound in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 13.
Weapons System Officer for a B-1 bomber Lt. Scott Dunning walks with his sons and wife, Kristy, as they head for home after Dunnings deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
An Atlas V rocket carrying a Hellas-Sat satellite lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 13
Thank you for the pictures of our Military. The ones with the families of our deployed heroes sure tug at my heartstrings.