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August 1, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michael R. Noggle
Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry, Medal of Honor recipient, 75th Ranger Regiment, poses for a picture with a friend’s child after his welcome home parade in Santa Fe, New Mexico - Download Hi-Res photoSgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, Medal of Honor recipient, 75th Ranger Regiment, poses for a picture with a friend’s child after his welcome home parade in Santa Fe, N.M., Aug. 1. This was Petry’s first visit to Santa Fe since receiving the Medal of Honor, July 12.
August 1, 2011 - Photo by Cpl. Tyler Main
Private First Class Danielle Robinson seals gaps in sheet metal roofing during the Engineering Civic Action Program portion of Exercise Khaan Quest - Download Hi-Res photoPfc. Danielle Robinson, a carpenter and mason with the 84th Battalion, 30th Brigade, 643rd Company out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, seals gaps in sheet metal roofing during the Engineering Civic Action Program portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2011 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 1. The purpose of the program is to improve medical care in the area by adding on to the Ayut Family Hospital, a 17,000 square foot urgent care clinic, which will serve the 9th sub-district of Khaan-Uul district. Khaan Quest is a training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other participating nations' forces in international peace support operations and civic outreach programs worldwide.
August 10, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. John Crosby
Gunner Butt, son of Sergeant First Class Walter Butt, stands with his family waiting for the return of their deployed Soldier - Download Hi-Res photoGunner Butt, son of Sgt. 1st Class Walter Butt, stands with his family waiting for the return of their deployed Soldier, from the Indiana National Guard, 3-19th Agribusiness Development Team from Afghanistan, at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Aug. 10.
August 10, 2011 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris;
Soldiers are air-inserted via a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a field training exercise - Download Hi-Res photoSoldiers are air-inserted via a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a field training exercise which kicks off day one of the 99th Regional Support Command's "Operation Checkerboard" at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Soldiers practice squad-level tactics, including moving as a squad, reacting to contact, establishing a perimeter, and a tactical road march. Soldiers of the 99th RSC's Headquarters and Headquarters Company were joined by Soldiers of the 78th Army Band, also from JB-MDL; the 319th Army Band from Fort Totten, N.Y.; the 94th Army Band from East Windsor, Conn., the 198th Army Band from Rochester, N.Y. and the 380th Army Band from Richmond, Va.
August 10, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
A grader for the propsed new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly - Download Hi-Res photoA grader for the proposed new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 10. Unlike the two-minute pushup event in the current Army Physical Fitness Test, Soldiers can no longer pause, choose their own hand position or "sag in the middle."
August 12, 2011 - Photo by Spc. Ryan Hallock
Soldier standing on Styker armored fighting vehicle at sunset - Download Hi-Res photoA Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, unloads his Stryker armored fighting vehicle after a long day of conducting fire missions at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.
August 17, 2011 - Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexandra Hoachlander
Staff Sergeant David Duhart assesses the security during a mission to a vocational school, Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan - Download Hi-Res photoStaff Sgt. David Duhart from Company C, 1-182nd Infantry Division of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and native of Dracut, Mass., assesses the security during a mission to a vocational school, Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, Aug. 17. The Farah Director of Social Affairs and members of the PRT visited the school to discuss the recent completion of the school.
August 27, 2011 - Photo by U.S. Army
A lone Tomb Guard with the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), walks in humble reverence during Hurricane Irene at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery - Download Hi-Res photoA lone Tomb Guard with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), walks in humble reverence during Hurricane Irene at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Aug 27. The Tomb of the Unknowns has been guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, despite the weather, since April 6, 1948.
August 27, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer
Private First Class Lucas Ternell, a volunteer firefighter, puts out a small debris fire in the yard of a house fire in Salisbury, Maryland - Download Hi-Res photoPvt. 1st Class Lucas Ternell, a volunteer firefighter and a member of the 20th Military Police Company, Maryland National Guard, puts out a small debris fire in the yard of a house fire in Salisbury, Md., Aug. 27. Ternell was aboard Rescue 16, which was one of several fire and rescue engines that reported to the fire inside a residential neighborhood. Guard members and civilian first responders are providing area support during the Hurricane Irene response.
August 31, 2011 - Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
General David H. Petraeus reviews troops at his retirement ceremony and Armed Forces Farewell, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia - Download Hi-Res photoGen. David H. Petraeus reviews troops at his retirement ceremony and Armed Forces Farewell, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Aug. 31. Petraeus is retiring after a 37-year career to become the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.