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December 5, 2012 - Photo by Sgt. Sean Harriman
M982 Excalibur 155mm round leaves barrel of an M777 Howitzer during live-fire shoot - Download Hi-Res photoThe M982 Excalibur 155mm round leaves the barrel of an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire shoot conducted by Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, at Oro Grande Range Complex, N.M., Dec. 5,2012. The training shoot was the first of its kind conducted outside of the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., or in combat downrange.
December 6, 2012 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
Specialist Lyle Yantz and several other service members participating in Operation Proper Exit - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Lyle Yantz and several other service members participating in Operation Proper Exit are greeted at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, after arrival, Dec. 6, 2012. Operation Proper Exit brings severely wounded service members back to the theater where they sustained their injuries to provide a first-hand progress update on the continuing mission and to help in the healing process. Yantz is from Sedalia, Mo.
December 7, 2012 - Photo by Mike Strasser
Class of 2014 Cadet Mackenzie Vaughn, a civil engineering major, running - Download Hi-Res photoClass of 2014 Cadet Mackenzie Vaughn, a civil engineering major, runs solo while her teammates conserve their energy for their shifts in the 150-mile journey from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to Philadelphia.
December 8, 2012 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade
United States Army Combat Veterans are honored during 113th Army-Navy football game - Download Hi-Res photoU.S. Army Combat Veterans are honored during a ceremony in recognition of Valor in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, during the 113th Army-Navy football game, Dec. 8, 2012, in Philadelphia.
December 11, 2012 - Photo by J.D. Leipold
Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III explains tradition of excellence behind command coins - Download Hi-Res photoSgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III explains the tradition of excellence behind command coins after passing Kendall Fuller (center) and Max Browne his own coin. Clad in #13 football jerseys, Fuller and Browne will compete in the 13th annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl, Jan. 5, 2012, in San Antonio. The players are two of six finalists in the running for the 2012 Army Player of the Year who will be recognized at a dinner the evening before the game.
December 16, 2012 - Photo by Staff Sgt. David Chapman
Valerie Kagan and her son Sean, hold tightly to their returning 2nd Infantry Division Soldier, Sergeant First Class Jeremy Kagan, after welcome-home ceremony - Download Hi-Res photoValerie Kagan and her son Sean, hold tightly to their returning 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Kagan, after a welcome-home ceremony at Wilson Sports and Fitness Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord-North, Wash., Dec. 16, 2012. Kagan was with the first group of Soldiers with 2nd Bde., 2nd Inf. Div., to redeploy from Afghanistan. His group of returning Soldiers had the good fortune to make it back home before the holidays.
December 16, 2012 - Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington
Specialist Jerel Martinez (near right) and Private First Class Andrew Bemis, indirect fire infantrymen assigned to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fire 120mm mortar during night-fire - Download Hi-Res photoSpc. Jerel Martinez (near right) and Pfc. Andrew Bemis, indirect fire infantrymen assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fire a 120mm mortar during a night-fire exercise at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2012. The mortar team conducted the exercise in order to keep their combat skills at the highest state of readiness while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
December 17, 2012 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
Paratroopers walk to meeting point as fellow Soldiers, Airmen and partner nation jumpers make their final decent - Download Hi-Res photoParatroopers walk to the meeting point as fellow Soldiers, Airmen and partner nation jumpers make their final decent in support of the 5th Quartermaster's Operation Toy Drop. The paratroopers jumped into the Alzey Drop Zone, Alzey, Germany, and donated gifts to needy children within the Kaiserslautern Military Community, Dec. 13, 2012.
Decemeber 25, 2012 - Photo by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase, of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), delivers tennis balls to a military working dog while dressed as Santa Claus - Download Hi-Res photoChief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase, an intelligence chief, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), delivers tennis balls to a military working dog while dressed as Santa Claus at Forward Operating Base Salerno, in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Christmas day, Dec. 25, 2012. Boase dressed as Santa and delivered more than 200 care packages to the Soldiers and civilians of FOB Salerno for Christmas.
December 30, 2012 - Photo by Sgt. Christopher Johnston
Private First Class Matthew Carpenter, assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, fires an AT-4, an anti-tank weapon, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait - Download Hi-Res photoPfc. Matthew Carpenter, a military police officer assigned to 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, fires an AT-4, an anti-tank weapon, at the Udairi Range Complex, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 20, 2012. The AT-4 is a portable, single-shot recoilless smoothbore weapon used to destroy heavily armored vehicles. Training opportunities in Kuwait prepare the Sledgehammer Brigade for possible contingencies in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.