America's North Shore Journal

SEA OF JAPAN (Jan. 21, 2008) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) fire 9 mm handguns during small arms qualifications. Shiloh, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton

PERSIAN GULF (Jan. 18, 2008) Air Traffic Controller Airman Recruit Rose Bowen watches weather conditions for primary flight control while working the right-side integrated ship’s information system (ISIS) aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are on a scheduled deployment supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Matthew A. Lawson

Tech. Sgt. Buffie Verhagen obtains the finger print of a Kohistan II district Afghanistan national police noncommissioned officer Jan 14 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The fingerprint is cataloged in a database containing biometric information used to identify Afghans the Provincial Reconstruction Teams interact with. Sergeant Verhagen is deployed from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and is currently assigned to the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Law)

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Jan. 22, 2008) – (Smiling) Staff Sgt. Ashild J. Kunath, postal chief, command element, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., looks forward to taking part in a 10.5 kilometer conditioning hike during the 11th MEU’s desert sustainment training here this morning. Photo by: Staff Sgt. Sergio Jimenez