December
Play December SlideshowDecember 1, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. Micahel J. MacLeod
Specialist Christopher Pawson leads his artillery battery in a footrace through the forests of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during a team-based competition - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Christopher Pawson leads his artillery battery in a footrace through the forests of Fort Bragg, N.C., during a team-based competition, Dec. 1. The "Bandit Blitz" is a day of challenges for the paratroopers with Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, which is the artillery component of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.
December 6, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
A civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers how to use a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle - Download Hi-Res photoA civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, on how to use a Carl Gustav 84 mm recoilless rifle during a certification class at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6.
December 7, 2011 - Photo by Rob McIlvaine
Chief of Staff of the Army General Raymond T. Odierno and retired Colonel Ray Horoho pin three-star epaulets on the shoulders of Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho - Download Hi-Res photoChief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and retired Col. Ray Horoho pin three-star epaulets on the shoulders of Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the 43rd surgeon general and commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command, at a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Dec. 7. Horoho is the first nurse and first woman to be nominated for the position and confirmed by Congress.
December 15, 2011 - Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
General Lloyd James Austin III and Command Sergeant Major Joseph R. Allen case the USF-I Colors during a ceremony that marked the end of Operation New Dawn - Download Hi-Res photoGen. Lloyd James Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen case the USF-I colors during a ceremony that marked the end of Operation New Dawn, at the former Sather Air Base, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 15. Since 2003, more than 1 million U.S. service members have served in Iraq.
December 15, 2011 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Donna Davis
Specialist Aaron King is hoisted back into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Aaron King, a flight medic with Company C, 3-82nd General Support Aviation Battalion, is hoisted back into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during hoist training at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 15.
December 15, 2011 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Barrieau
Service members watch as the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag is cased - Download Hi-Res photoService members watch as the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag is cased, marking the closure of Operation New Dawn and the war in Iraq, during a ceremony in Baghdad, Dec. 15.
December 17, 2011 - Photo by Spc. Ken Scar
Specialist Devon Boxa looks out the back door of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook follows - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Devon Boxa, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, looks out the back door of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook follows. The helicopters were flying from Kabul to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Dec. 17.
December 18, 2011 - Photo by Master Sgt. Montigo White
Kuwait border military police and Soldiers from the 265th Movement Control Team close the gate at the Khabari Crossing after the final convoy crossed the border from Iraq to Kuwait - Download Hi-Res photoKuwait border military police and Soldiers from the 265th Movement Control Team close the gate at the Khabari Crossing after the final convoy crossed the border from Iraq to Kuwait, Dec. 18.
Decemeber 23, 2011 - Photo by Sgt. Trey Harvey
Specialist Jeremiah Holbrook provides security near Torkham Gate, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Jeremiah Holbrook, attached to 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides security near Torkham Gate, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 23.
December 28, 2011 - Photo by Spc. Amber Leach
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers inspect a greenhouse in Mahmod-e Raqi district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan - Download Hi-Res photoKentucky National Guard Soldiers with Agribusiness Development Team 3, Task Force Hurricane, inspect a greenhouse in Mahmod-e Raqi district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Dec. 28. The purpose of the mission was to observe the progress of improving agricultural growth in the area.