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Great thread and Pledge, GeeBee! TGIF! Wearing red to support our troops on the ground.
Wishing all Freepers a Fine Friday and wonderful weekend.
It's a beautiful day ... )
070111-N-4515N-429 Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 9, 2007) - Guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) test fires its five-inch gun on the bow of the ship during training. The Sherman is currently conducting training exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo (RELEASED)
YAL-1A, a modified Boeing 747-400F known as the Airborne Laser, lands on Runway 22 Jan. 19 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It's undergoing a long-term test phase that includes the test firing of the aircraft's low-power lasers in flight for the first time. (USAF file photo)
A U.S. Marine from Dam Security Unit III mans a weapon aboard a small unit riverine craft during a reconnaissance mission on Lake Habbaniyah in Iraq on Jan. 10, 2007. Marines from the Security Unit are deployed with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward A. Reagan
U.S. Marines with Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division fire a howitzer outside Camp Al Asad, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler W. Hill
070122-N-2659P-089 Pacific Ocean (Jan. 22, 2007) - Fire Controlman Chief Sean Cartney signals the final count of a Close In Weapons System (CIWS) 20mm phalanx gatling gun, during a live fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is conducting carrier qualifications (CQ) off the coast of Southern California prior to steaming west to bolster security in U.S. Central Command area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins (RELEASED)