Checking In

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Cain, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, performs a radio check during a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.   DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremy Harris, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

[After the USAF Pink Smoke photo, had to put something else on the front page of the blog...]

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Popping Pink Smoke

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Students in the Combat Airman Skills Training Course use a smoke diversion tactic while practicing patrol maneuvers on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 12, 2009. U.S. airmen assigned to the 421st Combat Training Squadron teach the course to prepare airmen for upcoming deployments. The squadron is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol

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Badass Medic "Fueled by Rock St*r"

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Sgt. Daniel Schmitt, flight medic for the General Support Aviation Battalion out of Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., assigned to Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, looks on while on a training mission with the Polish infantry on Forward Operating Base Ghazni. The medics performed training with the Polish to teach proper procedure on loading and unloading patients onto a UH-60 helicopter. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Corey

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One more Burn Notice Photo with Someone You Should Know

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Lt. Col. Mark Bieger (center left), the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment commander, stands with Spc. Peter Jank, a Chicago, Ill., native, while Bruce Campbell and Jeffrey Donovan, cast members from the television show "Burn Notice," hold the U.S. flag, Nov. 12, at Joint Security Station Nasir Wa Salam, Iraq. Bieger reenlisted Jank while the two actors assisted.  Photo by Spc. Luisito Brooks.

For a reminder of who that LTC is...go here. 

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Firefight!

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U.S. Army Pvt. John Stafinski fires his squad automatic weapon into an anti-Afghan forces location during a firefight in Waterpur Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2009. Stafinski is an infantryman assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cody A. Thompson

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The Nords Blow

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[I'm sure that the Nordic Uncle Jimbo and Jonn Lilyea have blown the horn a few times...just not for the Vikes.]

U.S. Army Capt. Dustin Snare blows the Ghallarhorn, a Nordic war horn, kicking off the game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions during the viewing party on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2009. Snare is the battle captain for the 34th Infantry Division's operations section. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samuel Soza

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JD Johannes - Saladin Province

Posted By Blackfive Head over to Outside the Wire to check out JD's latest photos of the trips he makes around Iraq.  Be sure to see the Iraqi army/police patches...and then read what JD thinks victory in Iraq will look like.

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A Hero's Salute

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I believe that this young man is a medic with someone's blood on his shirt.  Words do not describe the pride I feel or the gratitude that we have such people in our military:

 

A first responder to a lone gunman's attack at Fort Hood Nov. 5 renders honors at retreat after aiding his fellow soldiers. U.S. Army photo

More photos of the incident below and after the Jump:

 

Post police take cover when a gunman fires shots at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo

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SWAT team members approach a building with a gunman inside. Thirteen people were killed and 30 more wounded in an attack by a lone gunman at Fort Hood Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo

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First responders use a table as a stretcher to transport a wounded soldier to an awaiting ambulance at Fort Hood Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo

Continue reading "A Hero's Salute"

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Head Count

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott Lund conducts accountability of soldiers before boarding a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2009. Lund is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, Brigade Support Troops Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard W. Jones Jr.

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Ospreys Over Egypt

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MV-22B Ospreys fly over the Egyptian coastline during Exercise Bright Star in Egypt, Oct. 12, 2009. U.S. Central Command conducts the multinational exercise, which is designed to improve readiness, interoperability, and strengthen the military and professional relationships among U.S., Egyptian and participating forces. The Ospreys are assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez

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