Concept borrowed from the Chicago Sun Times, but with none of their list included.

1. Spec. Theresa Lynn Flannery, Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor
2. Pfc. Sarah Becker, “Doc”
3. Jill Stevens, Miss Utah, “GI Jill”
4. Spc. Rachael L. Hugo, “Combat Barbie”, KIA
5. Capt. Dawn Halfaker (U.S. Army retired)
6. Capt. Sarah Rykowski, WIA
7. Spc. Lisa Kelly, WIA
8. Master Sgt. Brinda Kupiec
9. Senior Airman Charity Lee Trueblood, Bronze Star for Valor
10. Michelle “Chuck” Norris, late of C Company, 1 Bn the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

• January: Jason Dunham Receives the Medal of Honor
• February: Life in the Emergency Department
• March: England’s Best – Babe Edition
• April: Interview With Ashley and Tasha
• May: Women in the War series
• June: The Truth About American Deaths in Iraq
• July: Orphans – The Major Scott Southworth Story
• August: Poverty in America 2006 series
• September: Sgt. Lazaro Perez
• October: Killing Terrs – Not Just for Men Anymore
• November: G.I. Jill – Army Medic Competes for Miss America series
• December: Unfettered ‘citizen journalism’ too risky series

From left, civilian government service employee Del Tingley, Seaman Ashley Halvey, Cpl. Bobby Malicoat and Lance Cpl. Nick Tarver, take part in a living Nativity on the hangar deck of the USS Kearsarge Dec. 23, 2007. The group presented the scene several times throughout the day. Halvey is with the Kearsarge. The other three members are with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matt Epright)

KABANI, Iraq (Oct. 27, 2007) – Chief Petty Officer Lissett Araiza looks over the children here waiting to be examined by Iraqi and U.S. military medical personnel during a cooperative medical engagement Oct. 27. During the operation, coalition forces diagnosed cases of viral syndromes, ear infections and bronchitis among other problems. Araiza is a religious program specialist with Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and a Quartz Hill, Calif., native.

HABBANIYAH, Iraq (Dec. 8, 2007) — An Iraqi girl listens to her teacher while Marines and sailors of Military Transition Team 1-3-1 and the soldiers of 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division watch the children learn at a school near Abu Hazim Dec. 8. MTT 1-3-1 is currently deployed within Iraq’s Al Anbar Province to help develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction.

Photo by: Cpl. Robert S. Morgan