An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies over the Nevada countryside Oct. 12 during a Red Flag exercise. The exercise tests aircrews' war fighting skills in realistic combat situations.

U.S. Air Force photo by
Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

U.S. Air Force airmen, from an explosive ordnance disposal team with the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, unpack C-4 explosive which will be used to detonate a cache of unexploded ordnance recovered from a blast area at the ammunition holding area on Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, following a recent mortar attack, Oct. 14, 2006.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith

U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Milano, from the 561st Military Police Company based out of Fort Campbell, Ky., observes the night terrain during a patrol mission in the Nijrab district of Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2006.

U.S. Army photo by
Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trent Bridgman, embraces his daughters in Norfolk, Va., Oct. 19, 2006, after returning from a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bridgman is one of more than 250 Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Delta forward-deployed cargo handlers returning home after completing their mission to conduct port operations in Kuwait and air cargo handling operations in Iraq.

U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kelly E. Barnes