Dec 31st, 2007
Concept borrowed from the Chicago Sun Times, but with none of their list included.
Spec. Theresa Lynn Flannery, Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor
Pfc. Sarah Becker, “Doc”
Jill Stevens, Miss Utah, “GI Jill”
Spc. Rachael L. Hugo, “Combat Barbie”, KIA
Capt. Dawn Halfaker (U.S. Army retired)
Capt. Sarah Rykowski, WIA
Spc. Lisa Kelly, WIA
Master Sgt. Brinda Kupiec
Senior Airman Charity Lee Trueblood, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
AL TAQADDUM, Iraq — A rosary hangs from the protective vest of a Marine in Iraq. Many deployed servicemembers carry a memento or keepsake with them as a reminder of home or a source of strength.
Photo by: Sgt. Wayne Edmiston
Dec 30th, 2007
Chief Master Sgt. Paula K. Johnson gives Army veteran Charles Beck a Christmas gift Dec. 19 during her visit to the North Dakota Veterans Nursing Home in Lisbon, N.D. Gifts are given to veterans at the nursing home each year by Airmen from the North Dakota National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. David [...]
BAGHDAD – An altar boy eagerly rings a bell to celebrate Christmas at the conclusion of mass held at the St. John’s Chaldean Church in Doura. After receiving the sacrament, the congregation’s children were treated to a visit by Santa Claus. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kirk Luedeke, 4IBCT, 1ID)
Soldiers from the Regiment Inter-Army Obock perform a celebratory dance after graduating from over six weeks of combat skills training in Obock, Djibouti, Dec. 21. The soldiers were trained by Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry (Light) of the Guam National Guard who are stationed at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
Photographer: Petty [...]