Smile!
March 30th, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
A smiley face adorns a Humvee during the 558th Military Police Company, 728th MP Battalion, 8th MP Brigade from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, during the units field exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 23, 2012. (Spc. Marcus Fichtl/Army)
Family Hug
March 29th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
The sweet embrace of loved-ones awaited the more than 170 members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team that returned to Oklahoma, March 29, 2012, after spending more than eight months in Afghanistan. (Maj. Geoff Legler/Army)
Obama at the DMZ
March 29th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama visited Observation Post Ouellette during a trip to the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea. While at the DMZ, the President stood behind a thick wall of bullet-proof glass and was able to look across the most heavily militarized border in the world. Obama arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to be held on March 26-27. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Riverine Training
March 17th, 2012 | Photography | Posted by Mike Morones
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 13, 2012) A Sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires a dual-mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target aboard a Riverine Command Boat off the coast of Virginia during a live-fire exercise. RIVRON 2 is conducting unit level training in order to certify for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Paul D. Williams)
Forget The Nukes, Iran Has Ninjas!
March 16th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Iranian female Ninjutsu athletes practice in their sports club in Karaj, 21 miles (35 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 15, 2012. About 10,000 athletes train in Ninjutsu in Iran, while 3,500 of them are women. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
India-U.S. Army Exercise
March 14th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Indian and US soldiers rappel from an Indian Air Force helicopter as they participate in the Yudh Abhyas 2012 military exercise at Mahajan on March 13, 2012. The five-day India-US army exercise was aimed at improving bilateral defense and diplomatic relations between the two countries. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Dad’s Home
March 14th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Army Sgt. Shane Ely embraces his daughter, Shelby, at Rose Drive Elementary after being stationed in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Yorba Linda, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Jebb Harris)
Fire Drill
March 13th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 13, 2012) Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) participate in a helicopter firefighting drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released)
Air Force Special Operations Training
March 12th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT) participate in a training scenario on a CH-47 Chinook during Emerald Warrior, Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 7, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. (Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/U.S. Air Force)
Autograph
March 12th, 2012 | Photography | Posted by Mike Morones
President Barack Obama signs the prosthetic arm of Marine Corps Sgt. Carlos Evans after greeting wounded warriors during their tour of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012. First Lady Michelle Obama met Evans, who was injured in Afghanistan while on his fourth combat deployment, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2010. (White House photo by Pete Souza)