CAMEL CROSSING

An Afghan man leads a camel loaded with cargo past two Humvees from Task Force Cincinnatus in Tagab, Afghanistan, Sept. 27. Servicemembers were in Tagab for a ground breaking ceremony for a book storage facility. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Chris Belcher

NEW PLAYGROUND

Lt. Col. James D. Hess (right), battalion commander, 325th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, watches a young Iraqi boy enjoy one of four large slides during the grand opening of the Tisin Playground, Kirkuk, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mike Alberts

USNS COMFORT

U.S. Army Sgt. Leonna Thomas (right), a veterinarian technician, attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort, gives a shot to a dog as owner Adrian Joseph helps at the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Georgetown, Guyana, Sept. 27, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jeff Hall

ANCHORS

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Malika Derios, of Precommissioning Unit George H. W. Bush, receives her anchors from her daughter and stepfather during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 21, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Susan Cornell

EXERCISE ON RAMSTEIN

U.S. Air Force Airman Clinton Tidd, a firefighter with 435th Civil Engineer Squadron, opens a fire hydrant during a major accident response exercise on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 22, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marc I. Lane

HAWIJAH MISSION

U.S. Army Capt. Keith Helms from Military Transition Team 0421, attached to 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, takes a knee behind an Iraqi vehicle after hearing small-arms fire during an Iraqi army cordon and search mission in Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards

IRAQI POLICE GRADUATION

Iraqi police perform a "pass in review" during their graduation ceremony on Camp India, Nasir Wasalim, Iraq, Sept. 25, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sharhonda R. McCoy

FAREWELL

Marine Gen. Peter Pace embraces 1st Lt. Andrew Kinard following Pace's final news conference as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kinard, who lost both legs to an improvised explosive device in Iraq, works at the Pentagon. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen