July

July 3, 2010 - Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell
Soldiers provide security while their platoon attends local council meeting - Download Hi-Res photoPfc. Wayne Doyle, left, of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provides, security while his platoon attends a local council meeting outside Forward Operating Base Taji, Iraq, July 3, 2010. U.S. Soldiers attended the function to discover how the area is handling the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

July 4, 2010 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail
General David H. Petraeus assumes command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - Download Hi-Res photoGen. David H. Petraeus assumes command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during a July 4 ceremony at the command's headquarters in Kabul.

July 7, 2010 - Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander
Rakkasan Soldiers disrupt anti-Afghan forces and find enemy caches - Download Hi-Res photoSoldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, provide security during a mission in the Zirat Mountain Area, Waza Kwah District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, July 7, 2010. The purpose of the mission is to disrupt anti-Afghan forces and find enemy caches.

July 9, 2010 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail
General David H. Petraeus at checkpoint 91 in Kandahar, Afghanistan - Download Hi-Res photoU.S. Army General David H. Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force, chats with Lt. Col. David Oclander, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's, 1-504th PIR, at checkpoint 91 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

July 14, 2010 - Photo by Spc. Jason A. Young
Soldiers rally before mission - Download Hi-Res photoSoldiers with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 64th Brigade Support Battalion rally before a mission in Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 7, 2010. The Soldiers of 1st Platoon patrol COB Basra to Camp Bucca.

July 15, 2010 - Navy photo by MC3 Joshua R. Nistas
Soldier performs eye examination on kitten - Download Hi-Res photoSgt. Ardicio Galvao, an animal care noncommissioned officer at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Veterinary Treatment Facility, performs an eye examination on a kitten up for adoption, July 14, 2010. The clinic treats the pets of servicemembers and Department of Defense employees who work with Joint Task Force Guantanamo and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

July 15, 2010 - Photo by Capt. Chris G. Neeley
Soldier hands stuffed bear to young Afghan girl during humanitarian assistance mission - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Magan Lindsey Girr, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, hands a stuffed bear to a young Afghan girl during a humanitarian assistance mission, July 15, 2010, in a remote village of Kabul Province. Girr, a medic at Camp Phoenix, was there to assist the Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion distribute aid to more than 450 people of the Naw Abad Village.

July 21, 2010 - DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at DMZ overlooking North Korea - Download Hi-Res photoSecretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look out over North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette during a tour the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, July 21, 2010.

July 22, 2010 - DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Laws
Soldier and local contractors discuss building road across district border of Nejrab - Download Hi-Res photoU.S. Army 1st Lt. Quentin Cummings, with Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa and local contractors discuss building a road across the district border of Nejrab and Koh band, east of Durnama village. The PRT's mission is to stabilize the region by enabling local governments to care for, educate, employ and protect their people through the construction of basic infrastructure and mentorship.

July 27, 2010 - U.S. Army photo
Soldier poses with boy in front of Humvee - Download Hi-Res photoPfc. Drew Martin provides security along with his new partner during a combined Iraqi and U.S. operation to deliver food and supplies to Iraqi citizens in Basra Province, Iraq.