Second Class Petty Officer Chas Dearie, of Sulpher, La., looks toward a Navy helicopter after taking off from Banda Aceh airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sunday. Relief operations are now entering their third week after a Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tidal wave that claimed the lives of 100,000 people in Indonesia alone.
Sgt. John Farrar places his hand on the stomach of his pregnant wife, Celine, as they embrace inside the National Guard armory in Litchfield, Ill., on Saturday. The Oak Lawn, Ill., couple are expecting their first child in less than two months and were planning to marry in April. Due to his deployment, though, they married in December. Approximately 80 National Guard soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Division, will be deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Lesley Joiner listens to her MP3 player at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday while waiting to deploy to Iraq.
Sgt. James Polyefko naps at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday, while waiting to deploy to Iraq.
U.S. troops secure the scene after an explosion outside the police station in Baghdad’s Zafarniyah neighborhood Monday.
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Ramirez, left, of Los Angeles, and Senior Chief Petty Officer Ross Campano, of Costa Mesa, Calif., perform routine maintenance on a Navy Seahawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday.
Sri Lankans stand near an amphibious landing vehicle belonging to the 1st Marine Division at Koggala beach on Monday.
John Mark, right, with the 1st Marine Division, helps Sri Lankan fisherman adjust their fishing net at Koggala beach in southern Sri Lanka on Monday. Marines aboard the USS Duluth will be supporting rebuilding operations in the hard-hit coastal areas.
Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., come ashore in Koggala, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, on Monday.
A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), a flat-bottomed aluminum hovercraft equipped with a rubber air bladder and two aft propellers and carrying tons of food, water and a forklift for future distribution as part of humanitarian operations, makes its way to shore from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on Monday on Sumatra’s western coast.
U.S. sailors return with bags of rice after the aircraft they were riding in reached its maximum load of relief goods at Banda Aceh airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sunday.
Hayle Burdine, right, hugs her father, Sgt.1st Class Riley Burdine at Fort Carson, Colo., Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, following a farewell ceremony for soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division as they prepare to deploy to Iraq.
US military from 1-22 battalion, 4th Infantry Division secure a street shortly after discovering an improvised explosive device in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, 180 kms north of Baghdad.
Just another day at the office for our Troops.