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Air Crash Recovery
Navy divers salvage a crashed Ethiopian airliner.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Trautman, Navy diver, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Walsh, Navy diver, are pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea after a dive off the coast of Lebanon. Both divers are attached to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2, currently embarked aboard the rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple for a scheduled deployment. Grapple is on scene assisting the Lebanese Armed Forces-led recovery operations following the crash of Ethiopian Airways flight 409, Jan. 25.
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FAC Conference
Gen. David Petraeus and participants of the Foreign Ambassadors Conference pose for a group photo.
The CENTCOM commander attended the conference on Jan. 28 in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the conference was to discuss ways to advance security and explore areas of shared concern in the Central Command area of responsibility.
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That ain't Rudolph
Santa, with the help of UH-60 aircrew members, spent Christmas Day delivering care packages to Soldiers at a number of combat outposts throughout Zabul province, Afghanistan.
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Afghan Firefight
Pvt. John Stafinski fires his M249 SAW at insurgents in Kunar province.
Stafinski, a native of Seville, Ohio, and his unit engaged in a three-hour gun battle with insurgent fighters in Kunar's Waterpur Valley, Nov. 3. Stafinski is an infantryman with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo.
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Breaking Bread
Gen. David H. Petraeus enjoys bread and chai at a bazaar in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan.
Gen.Petraeus, commander of USCENTCOM, was in the region visiting the Logar Provincial Sub Governor as well as the Afghan National Police station in Baraki Barak on Oct 29.
(DoD Photo by USAF Staff Sgt. Bradley A. Lail)
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Caring for injured boy
Marines tend to an injured Afghan boy in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 1.
The boy fell from an unknown height and was in critical condition. The Marines are assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
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On Leadership
Gen. David Petraeus speaks to an audience Sept. 1 at the Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum.
The event was sponsored by Columbus (Ga.) State University and included such notables as former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell.
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A Shot in the Dark
Soldiers fire 155mm rounds using an M777 Howitzer at FOB Bostick, Afghanistan.
The Soldiers were registering targets earlier this month so they will have a more accurate and faster response time when providing fire support.
(Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Evan D. Marcy, 55th Signal Company)
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Afghan Mission
A U.S Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II conducts a combat mission over Afghanistan June 14.
The aircraft is based out of Bagram Air Base.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson)
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