Tom Stoddart went to Grafenwoer, Germany, to take this picture of Army Spc. Carlos Melvin, a combat engineer wearing temporary staff sergeant's stripes as part of a leadership course for noncommissioned officers. Melvin is holding the folded American flag after it was lowered at the end of the work day. Photo by Rudi Williams
Photographer Bruce Dale took this picture of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Brumbaugh of the USS Crommelin saying goodbye to his wife, Elaina, before the ship set sail for a six-month deployment. Dale quoted Elaina as saying, "I was not ready to face the first of six months' worth of mornings without my husband. Photo by Rudi Williams
"It's wonderful to see what these wonderful men and women look like on an average day as they're doing their jobs," Army Gen. Tommy Franks said after thumbing through the new book, "A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces." Franks, head of U.S. Central Command, led the coalition against Iraqi forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by Rudi Williams
Army 3rd Infantry Division Sgt. Tawan Marks, of Fort Bragg, N.C., push a car into a gas station Thursday in Baghdad. U.S. soldiers are guarding selected gas stations in the city in an effort to restore order as gas shortages have caused major traffic jams and chaos in the city.
Sgt. Tawan Marks, of Fort Bragg, N.C., with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, chats with Iraqi boys at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad. Additional U.S. troops are headed to Baghdad in the coming weeks in an effort to restore security to the city.
Army 3rd Infantry Division Staff Sgt. Anthony J. Smith, of East Brunswick, N.J., gives directions to a man at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad.
Soldiers with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division soldiers carry gasoline cans at a gas station Thursday in Baghdad.
Army 3rd Infantry Division Staff Sgt. Anthony J. Smith, of East Brunswick, N.J., chats with boys at a Baghdad gas station Thursday.
The Pride of Baltimore II sails along the St. Johns River near the Dames Point Bridge with a Navy Seahawk helicopter flying overhead Wednesday to participate in this weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Jacksonville, Fla.
