U.S. Army Spc. Enriquillo Hernandez provides security as his platoon leader gathers intelligence along the Syria/Iraq border near Forward Operating Base Nimur, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2006. Hernandez is with 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika

The Sava family, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Danny Sava, his wife Julia, son Anthony and daughter Alyssa, are preparing for Danny's upcoming deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, with help from the extensive family support network at Camp Pendelton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2006.

Defense Dept. photo by
Cherie A. Thurlby

U.S. Navy sailors from the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command perform high-value asset escort training aboard Inshore Boat Units 41 and 42 from Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 4 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 25, 2006. The training is the final test for level-two combat coxswains and gunners to qualify for handling small, weapons-capable boats in defense of naval vessels transiting narrow waterways.

U.S. Navy photo by
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin K. Thomas

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Cornell prepares to raise the Navy Jack onboard the USS Rueben James (FFG 57) during morning colors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 31, 2006.

The temporary substitution for the Union Jack represents an historic reminder of the nation's and Navy's origin and will to persevere and triumph during the war on terror.

DoD photo by
Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl, U.S. Navy.