Brig. Gen. Howard Bromberg, right, outgoing commander of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, receives a handshake from the incoming commander, Brig. Gen. Richard McCabe, during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Fort Bliss, Texas. Bromberg will assume duties as director of Enlisted Personnel Management at Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va.
You know that you are getting old when the Generals look like your neighbor's kids.
Brig. Gens. Howard Bromberg, right, and Richard L. McCabe, top left, review Fort Bliss troops during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Fort Bliss. Col. Roger Mathews, lower left, led the review of the troops.
Army golf carts rule!
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers and Chief Commander of the Hungarian Army Gen. Zoltan Szenes walk past the honor guard Thursday in Budapest, Hungary. Gen. Myers arrived in Budapest to meet several Hungarian politicians.
Gen. Richard B. Myers and Gen. Zoltan Szenes talk Thursday in Budapest.
Air Force members leave the first of several KC-10s to arrive at Barksdale Air Force Base Wednesday afternoon in Bossier City, La. The aircraft are from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., seeking shelter from Hurricane Isabel.
A military vehicle passes by an oil pipeline explosion Thursday along the main line from Iraq to Turkey near Beiji, Iraq. The explosion occurred around dawn, and the cause has not been determined.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division shoot a target Thursday during a training course near Mosul, Iraq.
New Iraqi army soldiers watch a soldier with the 101st Airborne Division shoot a target during a Thursday training course near Mosul.
A 101st Airborne Division officer directs an Iraqi soldier how to shoot a target Thursday during a training course near Mosul.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne and an Iraqi soldier, center, check a target after shooting during a training course Thursday.
A soldier with the 101st Airborne prepares his weapon to fire during a training exercise Thursday.
Soldiers with the 101st quickly evacuate their vehicles during training Thursday.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne run during a training course near Mosul on Thursday.
An Iraqi soldier shoots as a 101st Airborne soldier protects his ears during training Thursday.
A 101st soldier stands near equipment during training exercises near Mosul on Thursday.
South Dakota National Guard soldiers with the 740th Transportation Company carry a mock victim of an ambush during a live fire exercise Wednesday in the Kuwaiti desert. Troops assigned to convoys travelling into Iraq undergo intensive training to deal with the threats of attacks they could face on the road.
Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa, Japan, and their Philippine counterparts board a CH-53 transport helicopter Thursday prior to jumping into the waters off Manila Bay during the ongoing joint military exercise at Ternate. About 1,500 U.S. troops and an equal number of Filipino soldiers are taking part in a weeklong military exercise to test their skills in modern day warfare.
Marines from the 31st MEU practice “engaging” an enemy Thursday during their joint military exercise with their Philippine counterpart at the Philippine Marines Training Base camp in Ternate.
Marines and their Philippine counterparts practice “engaging” an enemy during a Thursday exercise at the Philippine Marines Training Base camp.
U.S. and Philippine Marines fall in line Wednesday during the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 03. The joint military exercise is aimed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability of Philippine and U.S. Navy and Marine forces.
A projected image of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker oversees the National Guard Association convention at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss., on Wednesday. Schoomaker on Wednesday laid out a vision of the Army of the future that doesn’t include increasing its size but rather continues a reliance on the Army National Guard and Reserve forces to supplement active duty troops. Schoomaker also said that Guard and Reserve forces need to be trained before they’re activated, instead of the current model in which troops are activated and then go through several months of training before deployment.
A soldier communicates via radio Thursday near Patriot Advanced Capability-3, the latest generation of Patriot interceptor missiles, at a Korean military air base in Suwon, south of Seoul. The military said Tuesday it enhanced its air defense system in South Korea to better counter missile threats from North Korea.
Just another day at the office for our Troops!