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Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a 295-foot barque homeported in New London, Conn., watch fireworks during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, Va. Virginia is commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in hopes to inspire patriotism and …
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Enduring Freedom – U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer William Gibbens, Senior Enlisted Leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah (left), provides security during an Afghan Local Police graduation ceremony in Dizhak Village, Farah province, Afghanistan. PRT Farah is a unit …
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Staff Sgt. William Carlson, a weapons loader assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, performs maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon bomb carriage. Personnel are deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., in support of Operation …
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Graduates in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2012 toss their covers following the school’s annual graduation and commissioning ceremony. The Class of 2012 graduated 810 ensigns and 267 Marine Corps 2nd lieutenants at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. …
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Sailors secure an AV-8B Harrier to the flight deck of the USS Peleliu before refueling the aircraft during daily flight operations as part of PHIBRON Three and 15th MEU APHIBRON-MEU Interoperability Training off the coast of southern California. The purpose …
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