Salvage Dive
August 31st, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
PANAMA CITY, Panama (Aug. 19,2010) Peruvian Navy Diver Falcon Bernol, left, and Navy Diver 1st Class Shawn Cooley return to the pier after attaching salvage equipment to a sunken Panamanian navy patrol boat. Company 2-6 of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, and teams from partner nations Panama, Columbia and Peru used lift bags to bring the boat to the surface after it was sunk by a tugboat’s wake. MDSU Two is participating in Navy Diver-Southern Partnership Station, a multinational partnership engagement designed to increase interoperability and partner nation capacity through diving operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jayme Pastoric/Released)
Colors
August 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Members of the Robert Cole High School JROTC perform color guard duties during a naturalization ceremony at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, TX, on Thursday, August 26, 2010. All four of the students are military dependents – the school is located at Ft. Sam Houston.
Katrina: A look back
August 27th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by M. Scott Mahaskey
Looking back five years ago to the LA National Guard during Hurricane Katrina:
…pleading for calm.
USA Today: (August 31, 2005) The Pentagon ordered 10,000 additional National Guard troops to the region and began one of the biggest search-and-rescue operations in U.S. history. About 7,200 active-duty troops are already at work on the Gulf Coast along with 11,000 Guardsmen from affected states.
Going Back to Kandy
August 25th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Kelly Kennedy and I will be reporting from Kandahar and RC South all next month – more posts to follow…. For more from my last trip there, featuring scenic FOB Ramrod pictured above – start here.
Chilly creek
August 24th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by M. Scott Mahaskey
Cpl. James E. Hitchcock, section leader Weapons Platoon, from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attempts to cross Leavitt Creek during stream crossing training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport as part of Exercise Mountain Warrior 06-10, July 13. The water temperature averaged 37 degrees Fahrenheit, a result of melting snow. (Photo by Cpl. Christopher O’quin/ 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit)
Manning the Sail
August 21st, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
FT3 (SS) Sean Smith keeps watch on the bridge of the USS Rhode Island, a U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, somewhere in the Atlantic ocean, August 16th, 2010.
Horse tested, President approved
August 18th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
Sri Lankan army horsemen ride atop the sea wall of the port of Hambantota on August 15, 2010, after escorting President Mahinda Rajapakse to the site. Rajapakse presided over a ceremony marking the construction of sea walls of the 1.5 billion dollar Chinese-founded construction. (Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistan Rescue
August 18th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
US Navy flight officer Marc Covington looks out the window of a helicopter at Ghazi Air Base, near Swat Valley, on August 15, 2010. The United Nations has appealed for 460 million dollars to deal with the immediate aftermath of the floods in Pakistan but has warned that billions will be required in the long-term with villages, businesses, crops and infrastructure wiped out. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) (Editor’s note: Caption edited to remove helicopter description provided by wire service photographer.)
Stunt Soldier
August 17th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
An Indian Army soldier performs a stunt during India’s Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Indian Independence Day
August 17th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
Indian paramilitary soldiers march during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)