VIDEO FOOTAGE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Devine, of the 332nd Communications Squadron, Balad Air Base, Iraq, takes stock video footage of a small sand storm to show local weather conditions at Balad, Iraq, Jan. 29, 2007. Devine is the base multimedia manager deployed from Aviano Air Force Base, Italy. U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

STANDING WATCH

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marian Cox from Holland, Mich., stands watch on vultures row as USS Lake Champlain sails alongside USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 28, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joe Painter

GLOBEMASTER WASH

A C-17 Globemaster III sits in Hangar 4 after being pressure washed during a routine home station inspection Jan. 29 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Regular washing and rinsing prevent and control aircraft corrosion. U.S. Air Force photo by Abner Guzman

HAWKEYE

A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye from the "Golden Hawks" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112 approaches for landing on the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis, Jan. 28, 2007. Stennis Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 9 are under way in the Pacific Ocean en route to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ron Reeves

COMBAT MISSION

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Gattison, a crew chief with 14th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists strapping Lt. Col. Chris Ashby, deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, into his Block 50 F-16 aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 29, 2007, before departing on a combat mission over Iraq. U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

MISSION FROM BAGRAM

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clint Ezell, from Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, checks his equipment before departing on a mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel

FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE

A Marine assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit views the Friendship Bridge as amphibious assault ship USS Bataan passes underneath during the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group's transit through the Suez Canal, Jan. 30, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ken J. Riley

GIAMBASTIANI IN IRAQ

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani moves through the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2007. Giambastiani visited with senior U.S. and coalition military leaders at the embassy. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean P. Houlihan