Cadets walk the “rat line” Wednesday in a barracks at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. After an aggressive recruitment campaign and the addition of women’s varsity soccer, there are 44 female cadets among this year’s freshman class, approximately 10 percent of the incoming students.
Stanley admires the French Manicure of a cadet, and contemplates making an appointment.
Freshman Carrie McAtee, 18, a “rat” from Loogootee, Ind., runs her fingers through her newly cropped hair Wednesday as she waits in the lunch line in Crozet Hall at VMI.
Dr. of Psychology Valerie, peers through the one way mirror looking for signs of stress in the new cadets.
The Army’s Golden Knights parachute onto the beach in front of Kennedy Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., during a Wednesday air show.
A security agent rushes to the scene in order to inform the acrobats that they are on a private beach.
Soldiers escort two Iraqi women Thursday through security barriers surrounding the convention center area which houses major municipal departments overseen by the coalition government.
The Iraqi "jailhouse rock" dance is demonstrated, as security watches that the off sides line is not violated.
Spc. Michael Petty, from Park Hills, Mont., with 2175th Military Police Company, provides perimeter security during a joint Army-Iraqi police operation to arrest a group of suspected kidnappers in a suburban Baghdad neighborhood Thursday.
In lieu of a fine, violaters of ordinances are required to sit in a corner and be quiet for 15 minutes.
Sgt. Leah Walker, with the Louisiana National Guard, hands out recruiting material to local drivers during the morning rush hour Wednesday in Bossier City, La. Walker and other guardsmen with the 165th Quartermaster Battalion are taking their recruiting message to the streets.
The new Krispy Kreme is so popular, that remote ordering system was installed for drive through service.
Staff Sgt. Adam White, with the Louisiana National Guard, hands out recruiting material during the morning rush hour in Bossier City. White and other guardsmen deployed themselves at local suburban intersections to pass out fliers.
Criticism has been mounting concerning the new aggresive tactics of the Jehovah's Wtnesses denomination.
Sgt. Leah Walker offers Reginald Hill a recruiting opportunity as he bikes to work Wednesday.
A citation is given as a result of a violation of the Mr Microphone Bicycle regulations.
A herd of camels roam freely on a highway near Basra, Iraq, on Tuesday. For security reasons, the military closed large parts of main highways to allow herders to move the animals with ease.
A preview of the new up coming Disney Movie, " 100 camels walk for a cigarette break."
The movie will be starred by Chevy Chase.
Two unidentified soldiers question men at a military checkpoint near Basra on Tuesday. With the increase of soldiers being killed, military forces have stepped up security on all roads.
The team captains of the flag football competition discuss the rules of this gentlemans game.
Cutter Bainbridge Island, homeported in Sandy Hook, N.J., stands watch over the Statue of Liberty on Thursday in New York Harbor.
The new Coast Guard theme salt & pepper shakers are expected to be very popular.
Master Sgt. Dave Eschborn, with the 914th Airlift Wing, hugs his wife, Pat, goodbye at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on Thursday. The 914th received redeployment orders to prepare for the movement of personnel and aircraft to a location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The team rejoices as their entry into the Great National Kite Festival won first prize.
U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne search a home during a night raid late Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, on the outskirts of Mosul, 248 miles, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq. Local Iraqis tipped off the coalition troops, targeting the local Baath Party members in the area.
A group of youngsters are caught in a candid moment sneaking into a local movie theatre.
Members of the interim Iraqi Governing Council meet with World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Baghdad. The highest seat of learning for Sunni Islam said it would investigate a senior cleric who called on Muslim states to boycott Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council, but it denied reports he had been fired.
The Iraqi National Poker Championship is played by 52 players each having one card dealt.
Military police with 2175th MP Company based in St. Clair, Mo., provide perimeter security to catch suspected kidnappers in a suburban neighborhood Thursday in Baghdad.
Just another day at the office.